 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
 | Charles Edward Rawlins - Secession - 1862 - 252 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... | |
 | South Carolina. Convention - Constitutions - 1862 - 894 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 I. . Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall... | |
 | Charles Edward Rawlins - Secession - 1862 - 252 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,... | |
 | North Dakota - Session laws - 1862 - 640 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 Congress to detreason; bnt no attainder of treason shall work corruption... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1862 - 840 pages
...Ko 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,... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - World history - 1862 - 830 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... | |
 | Constitutional law - 1982 - 564 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... | |
 | Leslie Friedman Goldstein - Law - 1988 - 660 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... | |
 | Michael James Lacey, Knud Haakonssen - History - 1992 - 492 pages
...treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted. ARTICLE IV 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 Congress... | |
 | Marshall L. DeRosa - History - 1991 - 200 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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