The Founders' Constitution
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Amendments V and VI
Document 21
Vermont Constitution of 1777, CH. 1, ARTS. 10, 19
Thorpe 6:3741, 3742X. That, in all prosecutions for criminal offences, a man hath a right to be heard, by himself and his counsel--to demand the cause and nature of his accusation--to be confronted with the witnesses--to call for evidence in his favor, and a speedy public trial, by an impartial jury of the country; without the unanimous consent of which jury, he cannot be found guilty; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; nor can any man be justly deprived of his liberty, except by the laws of the land or the judgment of his peers.
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XIX. That no person shall be liable to be transported out of this State for trial, for any offence committed within this State.
The Founders' Constitution
Volume 5, Amendments V and VI, Document 21
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Thorpe, Francis Newton, ed. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic Laws of the States, Territories, and Colonies Now or Heretofore Forming the United States of America. 7 vols. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1909.
