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	Treason - LoveToKnow 1911
		The offence of high treason was not precisely defined by the common law (1 Hale, 76), and until the passing of the Treason Act 1351 depended much on the opinions of the king and his judges.
		Thus, by one act of 1534 it was treason not to believe Mary illegitimate and Elizabeth legitimate; by another act of 1536 it was treason to believe either legitimate; by an act of 1543 it was treason not to believe both legitimate.
		The punishment of treason at common law was barbarous in the extreme.' The sentence in the case of a man was that the offender be drawn on a hurdle to the place of execu- meni.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Treason (6370 words)

	Petty treason - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Petty treason is, in English common law, any betrayal of a superior by a subordinate.
		Examples of crimes that would come under the heading of "petty treason" would be a wife killing her husband, a cleric killing his ecclesiastical superior, or a servant killing his master or mistress.
		The most common form of petty treason was a wife murdering her husband and, up until the abolition of this form of punishment, husband-murderers were burned at the stake.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Petty_treason (279 words)

	Treason & Bribery
		High treason was known as a large offense toward the king and was taken rather seriously.
		Petty treason was considerably at a far lower level of treason than high, instead of involving such an important person like the king, petty treasons were taken against normal everyday subjects or peasants.
		A petty treason could consist of a servant murdering his master or a wife killing her husband.
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	AllRefer.com - treason (Crime And Law Enforcement) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Petit treason was the murder of one's lawful superior, e.g., murder of his master by an apprentice.
		In the 19th cent., the English law was reformed; petit treason was abolished, cruel methods of executing traitors were forbidden, and many types of treason (e.g., counterfeiting) were made felonies that involved a lesser penalty than death.
		Article 3 of the Constitution thus provides that treason shall consist only in levying war against the United States or in giving aid and comfort to its enemies and that conviction may be had only on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or on confession in open court.
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	Burning at the stake
		High Treason included such offences as counterfeiting money and "coining" (the clipping of coins for pieces of silver and gold which were melted down to produce counterfeit coins), possession of coining equipment and colouring base metal coins (to pass them off as of higher value).
		Petty Treason was the murder by a woman of her husband or her mistress, as they were considered her superiors in law.
		As she was guilty of treason, she was drawn to Tyburn tied to a hurdle (similar to a piece of wattle fencing) behind a horse.
	www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk /burning.html (1858 words)

	Discussion Thread: Petty Treason
		If by "comment" you mean explain or define, "petty treason" in English law was the murder of a husband by his wife, the murder of a bishop by one of his clergy or the murder of a master by his servant.
		In British criminal law, petty treason refers to murder of a master by a servant, murder of a husband by his wife, and coining.
		Petty treason implies a crime against ones superior whether it be master, husband, or state (coining), and thus more serious than murder.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /~law/threads/pettreas.html (792 words)

	TREASON,
		Two grades of treason existed in early English law: high treason, which was directed against the Crown, and petty treason, which consisted of a crime against a subject, such as a wife killing her husband, or a servant murdering his master.
		Massachusetts in 1706 declared “correspondence” with the enemy to be treason.
		She was convicted of treason and served a prison term, but the evidence against her was questionable and she was exonerated years later in a presidential pardon in early 1977 by
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	treason - Information from Reference.com
		Treason is any attempt to overthrow the government or impair the well-being of a state to which one owes allegiance; the crime of giving aid or comfort to the enemies of one's government.
		In the USA, treason is defined and limited in Article III, section (3) of the Constitution, and conviction requires the testimony of at least two witnesses or a confession in open court as well as wrongful intent and an overt act.
		In the UK the law on treason is governed by the Treason Act (1351), which was redefined in 1795, and comprises a large number of unlawful activities, including plotting the sovereign's death (conspiring or inciting to kill the monarch) and levying war against the monarch in his or her realm (insurrection).
	www.reference.com /browse/all/treason (925 words)

	Race to Richmond
		Treason consists of two elements: adherence to the enemy, and rendering him aid and comfort.
		Treason imputed to a person by law from his conduct or course of actions, though his deeds taken severally do not amount to actual treason.
		In English law, treason against the king or sovereign, as distinguished from petit or petty treason, which might formerly be committed against a subject.
	blog.washingtonpost.com /racetorichmond/2005/09/democratic_star.html (714 words)

	TREASON (Fr. trahison,... - Online Information article about TREASON (Fr. trahison,...
		2 The position of treason as a special crime prosecuted by special procedure is one common to most legal systems at some period of their existence.
		Elizabeth legitimate; by another act of 1536 it was treason to believe either legitimate; by an act of 1543 it was treason not to believe both legitimate.
		Bradshaw, an act of attainder was passed after the death of those guilty of the treason (1660), and their bodies were exhumed, beheaded and exposed.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /TOO_TUM/TREASON_Fr_trahison_Lat_traditi.html (4925 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Legal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It established offences of high treason, punishable by execution and the forfeiture of all property to the Crown, and of petty treason.
		A person was guilty of high treason if he plotted the death of the sovereign, waged war against the crown or gave "aid and comfort" to the monarch's enemies.
		Petty treason was defined as offences against a person's superior, such as a servant killing their master or a wife her husband.
	news.independent.co.uk /uk/legal/article304644.ece (535 words)

	Amendment VIII: Thomas Jefferson, A Bill for Proportioning Crimes and Punishments
		If any person commit Petty treason, or a husband murder his wife, a parent his child, or a child his parent, he shall suffer death by hanging, and his body be delivered to Anatomists to be dissected.
		And in all cases of Petty treason and murder one half of the lands and goods of the offender shall be forfieted to the next of kin to the person killed, and the other half descend and go to his own representatives.
		Petty Larceny shall be where the goods stolen are of less value than five dollars; whosoever shall be guilty thereof shall be forthwith put in the pillory for a quarter of an hour, shall be condemned to hard labor one year in the public works, and shall make reparation to the person injured.
	press-pubs.uchicago.edu /founders/documents/amendVIIIs10.html (1039 words)

	Alibris: Treason
		This work investigates Fonda's activities in North Vietnam and argues that she could have been indicted for treason, that there would have been enough evidence to take the case to a jury, that she could have been convicted, and that a conviction probably would have been upheld on appeal.
		The Treason of Isengard is the seventh volume in Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle-earth and the second in his account of the evolution of The Lord of the Rings.
		Treason in the Blood: H. St. John Philby, Kim Philby, and the Spy Case of the Century
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Treason (1340 words)

	English Law
		English Law was the way the queen dealt with criminal situations such as high treason, petty treason, ‘death by misadventure’, homicide, arson robbery, and other felonies.
		High treason was an attempt on the queen’s life or to try to dethrone the queen, but in later years writing or speaking words that implied that someone wanted to harm the queen.
		Petty treason was the murder of a master by his slave.
	cass.k12.il.us /bhs/EnglishIweb/law.htm (620 words)

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		On Treason it is if you conspire against the Monarchy or Attempt to jeapordise the Soverignty and Freedom of the State, In military terms this would boil down to diliberatly revealing strategic secrets to the enemy and/or taking up arms against your own country (Killing fellow soldiers deliberatly to aid the enemy).
		The interpretation of case law was that treason could only occur during war time (there neede to be an enemy) but the case law modifies this in the 1950's when we executed the Rosenbergs for giving atom bomb information to the Soviets.
		I've always liked the UK distinction between High Treason and Treason; the latter is "aid and comfort to the enemy"; the former includes an attack on the Royals including interfering with the succession such as "knowing" the Princess of Wales in a biblical sense if you get my drift.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/30-14421.aspx (2556 words)

	The Bankruptcy of the CUD Leadership and the Interesting
		Petty treason was the murder of one's lawful superior, such as when a servant killed his master.
		High treason covered acts that constituted a serious threat to the stability or continuity of the state, including attempts to kill the king, to counterfeit coins or to wage war against the kingdom.
		The punishment for treason was often extended and was an especially cruel death (treason was still theoretically punishable by death in Britain until 1998).
	www.dekialula.com /articles/t_h_mar_7_2006.html (2691 words)

	Early Modern Crime Glossary
		PETTY JURY (or PETIT JURY): a jury of twelve men who heard the evidence in a trial and decided whether the accused was innocent or guilty.
		PETTY TREASON : the murder of a husband by a wife, a parent by a child, or a master by a servant.
		Men convicted of treason (unless they were peers of the realm, who were beheaded) were sentenced to be: drawn to the place of execution on a hurdle, hanged, cut down while still alive, and then disembowelled, castrated, beheaded and quartered.
	www.earlymodernweb.org.uk /waleslaw/glossarypage.htm (4713 words)

	FanFiction.Net : Dictionary & Thesaurus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Petit.] Little; trifling; inconsiderable; unimportant; also, inferior; subordinate; as, a petty fault; petty complaints; a petty prince.
		Petty cash, money expended or received in small items or amounts.
		Petty officer, a subofficer in the navy, as a gunner, etc., corresponding to a noncommissionned officer in the army.
	www.fanfiction.net /dictionary.php?word=petty (112 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Petty, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		petite bourgeoisie (or petty bourgeoisie) Defined by Karl Marx as a ‘transitional class’, in which the interests of the major classes of capitalist society (the bourgeoisie and the proletariat) meet and become blurred, the petite bourgeoisie is located between these two classes in...
		tindal native petty officer of Lascars; foreman of a gang.
		a petty quarrel, esp. one between friends or lovers: Joanna had a tiff with her boyfriend.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Petty,&StartAt=21 (749 words)

	Disloyalty to one 's nation : Thunderbay IMC
		n law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to one's nation or state.
		The Canadian Criminal Code has two degrees of treason, called "high treason" and "treason." However both of these belong to the historical category of high treason, as opposed to petty treason which does not exist in Canadian law.
		The penalty for treason is imprisonment up to a maximum of life, or up to 14 years for conduct under subsection (2)(b) or (e) in peacetime.
	thunderbay.indymedia.org /news/2006/10/25506.php (560 words)

	davidwarrenonline.com - ESSAYS ON OUR TIMES
		This was not high treason, so far as I can construe from the Canadian Criminal Code; nor petty treason.
		Real treason is what the 17 recently-arrested Islamists are alleged to have attempted in Canada; or what the New York Times and its media camp followers did in the States, by publishing national secrets to expose how their government intercepts terrorist financing.
		It is by prosecuting real treason, effectively, that we can begin to restore the order by which the juvenile antics of those who play-act treason can be seen for what they are: despicable to be sure; but finally, beneath contempt.
	www.davidwarrenonline.com /index.php?artID=617 (828 words)

	Timeline of capital punishment in the UK
		Mary Bailey becomes the last person to be burned at the stake for Petty Treason (the murder of her husband).
		The crime of Petty Treason (the murder by a woman of her husband) was abolished, the offence being reclassified as ordinary murder.
		It had been still theoretically available for treason and piracy up to 1998 but it was extremely unlikely that even if anyone had been convicted of these crimes over the preceding 30 years, that they would have actually been executed.
	www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk /timeline.html (2969 words)

	Lillyman
		Found guilty of petty treason and condemned at the sessions of the Old Bailey the 10th of this instant July.
		She was arraigned for petty treason, for killing her husband.
		And accordingly she received the usual sentence for persons of her sex, in cases of petty treason, that is to say, to be burned until she be dead.
	www.crimeculture.com /earlyunderworlds/Contents/Lillyman.html (903 words)

	Forfeiture in England and Colonial America
		Originally, the idea of felony must have contained the concept of treason, because a felony was a breach of the contract owed to the lord to keep the peace [Lyon, 1960:190; Simpson, 1986:15].
		Treasonable offenses included plotting to kill or overthrow the king, making war against the king, or giving aid to the king's enemies.
		By the seventeenth century crimes that were considered felonies included murder, manslaughter, witchcraft, larceny, abduction of an heiress with intent to marry her, forgery of a deed or testimonial, transportation of a sheep, and malicious cutting of another man's tongue or his eyes [Veall, 1970:2].
	www.fsu.edu /~crimdo/forfeiture.html (14355 words)

	Rob Kall: Traitors and Heroes/Traitors as Heroes
		Whereas, in the past, people became traitors, performing treason, while betraying their country for another nation, nowadays, it is just as likely that traitors will betray their country for sponsor corporations or extremist religious organizations.
		Petty treason was the murder of one's lawful superior, such as when a wife killed her husband, or a servant his master.
		From these definitions, it is not a great leap to suggest that the treasons and betrayals which traitors engage in have evolved, along with the computer, sattellites, the media, the internet to something beyond simple betrayal of one country for another.
	www.opednews.com /maxwrite/print_friendly.php?p=opedne_rob_kall_060827_traitors_and_heroes_2f.htm (1200 words)

	Senate lenient on helping illegal immigrants - SaveOurState
		High treason, broadly defined, is an action which is grossly disloyal to one's country or sovereign.
		Historically, high treason was differentiated from petty treason, which was the act of killing a lawful superior (such as a servant killing his master or mistress).
		The concept of petty treason gradually faded, however, and today, use of the word "treason" generally refers to the same thing as "high treason".
	www.saveourstate.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=8897 (321 words)

	Defining "Sympathisers" - Political Forums
		If someone cannot express himself or herself when a leader is about to commit the nation to what the speaker believes is a debacle in the making, it would be treason for him to not speak out nor to ask questions.
		Again, I am not going down the Jane Fonda path because I don't know enough about the chronology of events, her intent, the manipulation of film footage on both sides of the argument, but Alec Baldwin's and the Dixie Chicks' statements are contemporary and available to us here and now.
		In the conflict between the terrorists who wish to impose their vision of a "just and righteous society" by force on the rest of us, there is nothing to talk about: they are not interested in compromise or negotiation, and there is no common ground between their vision of the future and ours.
	www.mapleleafweb.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=5930 (2307 words)

	petty - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Petty, Richard Lee, born in 1937, American automobile racer, winner of 200 National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) events.
		Two grades of treason existed in early English law: high treason, which was directed against the Crown, and petty treason, which consisted of a crime...
		Petty, Richard Lee : pictures of Richard Petty
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	templateeliz
		During the Elizabethan time, crimes of treason and offenses against the state were treated with the same severity that murder and rape are today.
		Shockingly enough, if one dared to commit a crime against the state, he would be taken from prison on a sled or hurdle, hanged until half-dead, then taken down and quartered alive.
		Crimes of treason and offenses against the estate were unmercifully punished.
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