 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 on confession in open court.  American History - Page 545by James Alton James, Albert Hart Sanford - 1909 - 565 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Draper Swan - History - 1859 - 222 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... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1859 - 1086 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 9™]^",",,'° treason ; but no attainder of treason shall work corruption... | |
 | James Spence - Secession - 1861 - 398 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...SECTION I. — Full faith and credit shall be given, in each State, to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State. And the... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 792 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...life of the person attainted. ARTICLE IV. SECTION I. 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings... | |
 | Thomas C. Faulkner - Secession - 1861 - 126 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,... | |
 | James Spence - Secession - 1861 - 398 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,... | |
 | United States - 1861 - 64 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,... | |
 | Kansas - Law - 1861 - 344 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 its punishment. of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 572 pages
...No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the tamo 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... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 782 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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