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Footprints of the Ages: Our Method of Government and Centennial History ... - Page 110
by Jerome Bonaparte Washington - 1876 - 1119 pages
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The constitution of the United States of America; ... the Declaration of ...

William Hickey - 1851 - 588 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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History of the United States, Or, Republic of America: With a Chronological ...

Emma Willard - United States - 1852 - 560 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 con-...
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An Illuminated History of North America: From the Earliest Period to the ...

John Frost - Canada - 1854 - 738 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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The Constitution of the United States Compared with Our Own

Hugh Seymour Tremenheere - Constitutions - 1854 - 422 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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Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1

James Kent - Law - 1854 - 714 pages
...person° ' sonshall 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 Congress to attainder of treason shall work corruption of...
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The State Register: Comprising an Historical and Statistical Account of ...

Louisiana - 1854 - 210 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 puwer to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blo;d,...
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Rules and Orders of the House of Representatives, of the State of Maine: 1855

Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives - Parliamentary practice - 1855 - 226 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...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...
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The State Register: Statistical Account of Louisiana

A.W. Brill - 1855 - 198 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. — Eull faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings...
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The Constitutional Text-book: A Practical and Familiar Exposition of the ...

Furman Sheppard - Constitutional law - 1855 - 337 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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The Constitutional Text-book: A Practical and Familiar Exposition of the ...

Furman Sheppard - Constitutional law - 1855 - 342 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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