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" 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... "
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary ... - Page xxviii
by Joseph Story - 1833 - 776 pages
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Letters from the British Settlement in Pennsylvania: To which are Added, the ...

Charles Britten Johnson - Pennsylvania - 1819 - 190 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,...
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The Juvenile Mentor, Or Select Readings: Being American School Class Book No ...

Albert Picket - American literature - 1820 - 314 pages
...No person shall be convicted of treason unless on tin; 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 * reason; but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or...
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A Digest of the Laws of the United States of America, from March 4th, 1789 ...

Edward Ingersoll - Law - 1821 - 882 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,...
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The Public Statute Laws of the State of Connecticut: As Revised and Enacted ...

Connecticut - Law - 1821 - 536 pages
...No person sh'll 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 "^* °f wor^ corruption of blood,...
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Public Laws of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

Rhode Island - Session laws - 1822 - 592 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...
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A Dissertation on the Nature and Extent of the Jurisdiction of the Courts of ...

Peter Stephen Du Ponceau - Courts - 1824 - 326 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...
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Military Laws of the United States: To which is Prefixed the Constitution of ...

United States, Trueman Cross - Military law - 1825 - 326 pages
...person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt art, or on confession in open court. 2. The congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason; hut no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture,...
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The American's Guide: Comprising the Declaration of Independence : the ...

Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...person shall he convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt art, or on confession in open court. 2. The congress shall...ARTICLE IV.— SECTION 1. 1. Full faith and credit shall he given in each state to the puhlic acts, records, and ludicial proceedings of every other state....
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A View of the Constitution of the United States of America

William Rawle - Constitutional law - 1829 - 362 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...ARTICLE 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 43 state. And...
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The Revised Statutes of the State of New-York: Passed During the ..., Volume 1

New York (State) - Law - 1829 - 826 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 ot^g^> treason ; but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood,...
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