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As the carriage slowly passed , the spectators pressed to the windows of the vehicle , and stood on tiptoe to catch a view of the celebrated lawyer . Brandon 's face , never long indicative of his feelings , had now settled into its usual gravity ; and the severe loftiness of his look chilled , while it satisfied , the curiosity of the vulgar . It had been ordered that no person should be admitted until the judge had taken his seat on the bench ; and this order occasioned so much delay , owing to the accumulated pressure of the vast and miscellaneous group , that it was more than half an hour before the court was able to obtain that decent order suiting the solemnity of the occasion . At five minutes before ten a universal and indescribable movement announced that the prisoner was put to the bar . We read in one of the journals of that day , that `` on being put to the bar , the prisoner looked round with a long and anxious gaze , which at length settled on the judge , and then dropped , while the prisoner was observed to change countenance slightly . Lovett was dressed in a plain dark suit ; he seemed to be about six feet high ; and though thin and worn , probably from the effect of his wound and imprisonment , he is remarkably well made , and exhibits the outward appearance of that great personal strength which he is said to possess , and which is not unfrequently the characteristic of daring criminals . His face is handsome and prepossessing , his eyes and hair dark , and his complexion pale , possibly from the effects of his confinement ; there was a certain sternness in his countenance during the greater part of the trial .