Article 3, Section 3, Clauses 1 and 2
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 on Confession in
open Court.
The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason,
but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or
Forfeiture except during the Life of the Person attainted.
| 1. | Laws of Maryland at Large, 1638 |
| 2. | Sir Edward Coke, Third Institute 38, 1641 |
| 3. | Laws of New Haven Colony, 1656 |
| 4. | General Laws and Liberties of New Plimouth Colony, 1671 |
| 5. | Connecticut Acts and Laws, 1702 |
| 6. | Sir Matthew Hale, History of the Pleas of the Crown 1736 (posthumous) |
| 7. | Sir Michael Foster, Discourse on High Treason 183--90, 193--98, 200--201, 205--11, 213, 216--19, 221--24, 226--46, 249--51, 1762 |
| 8. | William Blackstone, Commentaries 4:74--91, 350--51, 1769 |
| 9. | Continental Congress, "Committee on Spies" (John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Rutledge, and Robert Livingston), 5 June 1776 |
| 10. | Joseph Hawley to Elbridge Gerry, 17 July 1776 |
| 11. | An Act Declaring What Shall Be Treason, Laws of Virginia, 1776 |
| 12. | Respublica v. Carlisle |
| 13. | Respublica v. Chapman |
| 14. | Respublica v. Weidle |
| 15. | Records of the Federal Convention |
| 16. | Luther Martin, Genuine Information, 1788 |
| 17. | James Madison, Federalist, no. 43, 290, 23 Jan. 1788 |
| 18. | An Act for the Punishment of Certain Crimes against the United States |
| 19. | James Wilson, Of Crimes Immediately against the Community, Lectures on Law, 1791 |
| 20. | Charles Lee, Treason, 21 Aug. 1798 |
| 21. | Ex parte Bollman & Swartwout |
| 22. | United States v. Burr |
| 23. | United States v. Hoxie |
| 24. | People v. Lynch |
| 25. | Joseph Story, Commentaries on the Constitution 3:§§ 1292, 1294--96, 1791--94, 1796, 1833 |
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