 | Orville James Victor - 1862 - 554 sider
...body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpase - — all those who perform any part, however minute, or...action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiraey, are to be considered as traitors." "Overt acts" were everywhere visible throughout the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Thomas - 1863 - 240 sider
...where bodies of men have been actually assembled to effect by force of arms their treasonable purposes, all those who perform any part, however minute or...general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors (JEx parte Bolman, &c., 4 Cranch, 75). We have not, indeed, adopted the law of constructive presence,... | |
 | 1863 - 76 sider
...scene of violence. If a body of men be actually assembled to effect by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or...leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered guilty of treason. Influential persons cannot form associations to resist the law by violence, excite... | |
 | Clement Laird Vallandigham - 1863 - 292 sider
...doubt of the establishment of this part of the case. What follows? The Court would tell the jury that " all those who perform any part, however minute, or...are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are guilty of treason.'• The Court would tell the jury, that the acts of Vallandigham were not too minute... | |
 | Reverdy Johnson - 1863 - 764 sider
...State, by cooperating with rebels who are in arms, in distant parts of the Country ; the rule being that "All those who perform any part, however minute, or...scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors." Any person who, knowing that treason has been committed,... | |
 | Daniel Agnew - 1863 - 54 sider
...if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered traitors." Thus, it becomes clear... | |
 | John Armor Bingham - 1865 - 128 sider
...a body of men be actually assembled, for the purpose of effecting, by force, a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or...general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors." In United States vs. Cole et cd., 5 McLean, 601, Mr. Justice McLean says: " A conspiracy is rarely,... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1865 - 806 sider
...if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or...general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors." l § 1206 [1037]. Still, even in this class of cases, while the opinion has sometimes been expressed... | |
 | Furman Sheppard - 1865 - 340 sider
...aid and comfort. able purpose, in order to constitute a levying of war. If war be actually levied, all those who perform any part, however minute, or...however remote from the scene of action, and who are really leagued in the general attempt, are to be considered as traitors. § 536. Treason is the highest... | |
 | 1865 - 504 sider
...words of Chief Justice Marshall, before cited, that whoever leagued in a general conspiracy, performed any part, however MINUTE, or however REMOTE, from the scene of' action, are guilty as principals. In this treasonable conspiracy, to aid the existing armed rebellion, by murdering... | |
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On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who... 
