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Petty treason or
petit treason was an
offence under the
common law of
England in
which a
person killed or
otherwise violated the
authority of a social...
- "
petit treason,
murder or felony". By the end of the 16th century, the list of
unclergyable offences included murder, rape, poisoning,
petty treason,...
- king. The Act
distinguished two
varieties of
treason: high
treason and
petty treason (or
petit treason), the
first being disloyalty to the Sovereign...
- hung in chains." Mark was an
enslaved Bostonian who was
convicted of
petit treason in 1755, the
penalty for
which was to be
dragged and hanged,
after which...
- 90 (sch. 2) 1 Hale 378 ("the
killing of a
master or
husband is not
petit treason,
unless it be such a killing, as in the case of
another person would...
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arrested and put on
trial in
April 1763. Both were
found guilty of
petit treason (petty
treason).
While Ringe was
sentenced to hang to death,
Beddingfield was...
- (1883). The
Project Gutenberg eBook of The
Trial and Execution, for
Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis,
Slaves of Capt. John Codman, by
Abner Cheney Goodell...
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Statute made in the Twenty-fifth Year of the same Reign. As
relates to
Petit Treason. 50 Edw. 3. c. 5
Arrest of
clergy A
Statute made in the
Fiftieth Year...
- this Act, save and
except in
cases of the
crime of high
treason, or of the
crimes of
petit treason or murder, or of abetting, procuring, or
counselling the...
- (repealed) 28 Hen. 8. c. 1 18 July 1536 An Act that
Felons abjuring for
Petit Treason,
Murder or Felony,
shall not be
admitted to the
Benefit of
their Clergy...
