The colored patriot., 1882-05-11
british LAW OF TREASON.

british LAW OF TREASON.
Trials for high treason have been
MT rare in modern times, and the
rboe mi subject is invested with q singu-
u interest even for the general read
NJ nublc. From the beginning Of the
aammon law treason was recognized
M nnnished as a crime, the cause Of
M M crime always being some act Of hos
djity against the Crown by some one
ori1r allegiance to it. With an un-
written % law and corrupt or subservient
Ia1res. It may readily be imagined
MAT bloody injustices were possible.
The laws Of Alfred declared that if any
ran plotted against the King, either
himself Or by harboring eXiles, he
should be liable in his life and all his
possessions. During the two centuries
that followed the conquest, however,
trials for treason were rare, and the
literature Of the subject is scanty. The
King being merely regarded as q sort
Of Premier-Baron, and there be
ing no difficulty in finding a
daw in his title, reasonable enterprises
we're. frequent; per contra, when
those engaged in such enterprises came
tognef they were got rid Of without
excessive formality. William de Braose,
when King John invited him to send
bis son as a page to Queen Isabella,
heststed, and his wife declared that
she would never trust het child in the
haaddaman who had murdered his
oFn nephew The result was that the
xhaleiany, having vainly fed to the
hsh Fds, was shut up in room in
he lover and starved to death. The
RnBhments varied, but were often
aaIOarons. The Barons under Mortimer
aa Isabella hanged lie Despencer and
oamPd out Edward lis bowels with a
fa-hot IRON introduced through cows
norm Ihe NorSemen had an interest
ns way Of insinuating an adder into 4
prisoner stomach in q similar fashion.
nhlle Edward III. when he cauoht
Mortimer, his mothers paramour. mere
y hanged him. In the twenty-fifth
rear ot his reign, Edward made I
op, oaeul!aole attempt at remedying the un-
certainty Of the earlier law under which
vounl..erieltlng was treason. whether
'ne hlngs seal or his coin were conipd
any n u was treason to encroach mon
ule roIal power" The new statnte
made t treason to compass the sovor
esns \ 4 death, 70 levy war against him.
! u Y I aahere to his enemies, etc, thonoh
= Y s, such oflenses had to Be proved Rv
4 lest1 S1eF ael 5o,r.''. Comprising the Kings
NV @ however, proved / term cana
NM NM y alllost indefinite expansion: aid
Y MN Will. lhe phrase could not be strntchnJ
aT ~ y. y 1;.ll an obnoxious opponent, the
ns.oa ~ u dl,sregarded,. OF new act was
mssma3 49, u ms benefit. Not alone was !
ss,ee9 sseeaaon for treason 4 conyonient
aaant rUa o., o. getting rid Of political Or
4 f btha "uI very small fish were scooned
~ 'rh. ~ net Under Edward w. one
Nm, N @nose I, deer the King had killed.
NJ Pat 70 death for wis6in~ tbat % IL
~ .n0,, raa ne deer's horns in n his bellv
sarteroa oIlier s was hanged, drawn and
Ii IN 4 ~ ~ u making pun. He called
b,ba W " tle Crown, and his Son tbe Ian
esenblaS blS0a. n The Judges must have
Aa et eae,,, That loyal magistrate Of the
N NJ teatary who sent man Z ~ u
y Vale, declaring sas that the Prince
d hs M h..s was born without \ shirt
Henn VI1T VI9Tk. a special statute If
ReEiD'.ll III, made it treason II T heI;oya u
lald. Fba | marriage a., with Anne Of Cleves
sGrga ~ Is J, statute Of Edward VI, re-
siA tressn,. snc conviction Of one charoed
sitnessaaas sason two sufficient and Iawfni
II Soss,, but this provision WV WY aindaa .hmLu5
Ier.Ienar.Ts r Ways. Bacon, when Attor.
'arson Pesasen =, convicted the decrepit Old
! sermon uah of treason by brfnoino |
d nerea I,on found in his STUDY With
Ken, tbe o, oeen preached-more bv
N when 81 philosopher stood bv |
0niesSioa Is na was racked to extort 1
! the agooa Inc punishment Of treason
y horrIgSGIso gGod old times Was somethiOn q 1tp
'eage raeaa e almost for description. The .
oaeoas idea u mas = mild and very er-
= nd oDsrta. ,usa q what hanging, draw
Viii Be- inststn Z really meant, but
favor 4e j Jesuit ss Ballard's conspiracy
.hieA u y Mary Queen Of Scots Il Il
ddioeE gllstte Tgallsted Anthony Babington, II
'Ocs ror,. ,1.nehbourne and other oen. .
! Ars' III LINEN men; Or turns to the recital
Iseptiop at,izabeth y Willoughbv td'tinl of the
y The y ha the Jesuit Hugh Green. ii
irough pasIl u shIla:,nIgman, " We read, "eitber
llicient nraan nraallllulness or for want Of q
srfformed Essence IL I Of mind, had ID i'll
\ !. When u N frst duty Of hanging him
'sily seDs;bI N was cut down he was per-
II the oro,, s ahd able to sit upright
I 4 stood sIhound, viewing the crowd
dertook aoout him. The person who
barhoe quarter him was one Bare
shen y who, being very timor-
nan II I ionnd he was to attack 4
tie snir NJ Y was near half an hour be-
Vr was rendered entirely