Treason and Rebellion: Being in Part the Legislation of Congress and of the State of California Thereon, Together with the Recent Charge by Judge Field, of the U.S. Supreme Court ... With Notes |
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... An Act to suppress Insurrection , to punish Treason and Rebellion , to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels , and for other Purposes . — Ap- proved July 17th , 1862 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of ...
... An Act to suppress Insurrection , to punish Treason and Rebellion , to seize and confiscate the Property of Rebels , and for other Purposes . — Ap- proved July 17th , 1862 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of ...
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... An Act to suppress insurrection , to punish treason and rebellion , to seize and confiscate the property of rebels , and for other purposes , " shall be so construed as not to apply to any act or acts done prior to the passage thereof ...
... An Act to suppress insurrection , to punish treason and rebellion , to seize and confiscate the property of rebels , and for other purposes , " shall be so construed as not to apply to any act or acts done prior to the passage thereof ...
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Page 1 - ... approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army ; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States ;...
Page 33 - On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 36 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Bouse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Housing Amendments of 1957".
Page 26 - Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States and having knowledge of the commission of any treason against them, conceals and does not, as soon as may be, disclose and make known the same to the President or to some judge of the United States, or to the governor or to some judge or justice of a particular State, is guilty of misprision of treason and shall be imprisoned not more than seven years, and fined not more than one thousand dollars.
Page 6 - ... shall be deemed guilty of felony, and on conviction thereof shall be confined in the State penitentiary for...
Page 13 - ... incite, set on foot, assist, or engage in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the United States, or the laws thereof, or shall give aid and comfort thereto, or shall engage in or give aid and comfort to any such existing rebellion or insurrection.
Page 27 - ... when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the king, of my lady his queen, or of their eldest son and heir ; or if a man do violate the king's companion or the king's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the king's eldest son and heir...
Page 23 - ... is the provision which specially applies to our present case. This provision plainly attests the understanding of those who made the Constitution, that ordinary courts of justice are inadequate to "cases of...