-
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...
- 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...
- king. The act
distinguished two
varieties of
treason: high
treason and
petty treason (or
petit treason), the
first being disloyalty to the Sovereign...
- "
petit treason,
murder or felony". By the end of the 16th century, the list of
unclergyable offences included murder, rape, poisoning,
petty treason,...
- (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...
-
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Act 1533 (25 Hen. 8. c. 6). The act also
abolished the
crime of
petty treason. The act was one of Peel's Acts
which consolidated,
repealed and replaced...
-
benefit of
clergy for
petit treason) The
Poisoning Act 1530 (22 Hen. 8. c. 9) The
Treasons Act 1534 (26 Hen. 8. c. 13) The
Treason Act 1535 (27 Hen. 8....
