Sentences with phrase «same overt act»
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.
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Cats are very affectionate creatures, even if they don't always act in the same overt ways that dogs do.
No person charged with treason, or with any of such felonies, may be convicted, except on his own plea of guilty, or on the evidence in open court of two witnesses at the least to one overt act of the kind of treason or felony alleged, or the evidence of one witness to one overt act and one other witness to another overt act of the same kind of treason or felony.