Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or... Democracy in America - Page 274by Alexis de Tocqueville - 1838Full view - About this book
| Child rearing - 1845 - 436 pages
...No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason ; but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture,... | |
| Law - 1845 - 490 pages
...No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The congress shall have power to declare the punish-' merit of treason; but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood or... | |
| United States - Military law - 1846 - 356 pages
...No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason; but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture,... | |
| J. B. Shurtleff - United States - 1846 - 210 pages
...GOVERNMENTAL person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason ; but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or... | |
| Robert Sears - United States - 1847 - 470 pages
...No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The congress...IV. Section 1. — 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1847 - 384 pages
...No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. ' 2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture,... | |
| Robert Sears - United States - 1850 - 448 pages
...No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court. 2. The congress...IV. Section 1. — 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And... | |
| Saint Louis (Mo.). - 1850 - 454 pages
...No person shall be convicted of treason, unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open Court. 2. The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture,... | |
| William Hickey - Constitutional history - 1851 - 580 pages
...No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. 2 The Congress...of the Person attainted. ARTICLE. IV. SECTION. 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings... | |
| William Hickey - 1851 - 588 pages
...No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. 2 The Congress...the Person attainted. • ARTICLE. IV. SECTION. 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings... | |
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