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On June 24, 1844, a warrant was issued charging that "Joseph Smith, late of the county aforesaid, did, on or about the nineteenth day of June. A.D. 1844, at the county and state aforesaid, commit the crime of treason against the government and people of the State of Illinois." (Ludlow, pp. 1346–1348) [26]
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. [1] This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state.
William Bruce Mumford, convicted of treason and hanged in 1862 for tearing down a United States flag during the American Civil War. Walter Allen was convicted of treason on September 16, 1922 for taking part in the 1921 Miner's March against the coal companies and the U.S. Army at Blair Mountain, West Virginia. He was sentenced to 10 years and ...
For persons executed for treason see Category:People executed for treason. Subcategories. ... Fictional characters who committed sedition or treason (1 C, 27 P) A.
THE SPY WHO USED HIS SON: Harold James “Jim” Nicholson, a 16-year veteran of the CIA, was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison in 1997 for espionage – but he kept up the treason from ...
People convicted of treason against a state of the United States (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "People convicted of treason against the United States" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
An enemy of the state is a person suspected of political crimes against the state, such as treason.In designating certain persons and organizations as enemies of the state, the government can realize the political repression of political opponents, such as dissidents; thus a government can justify political repression as protecting the national security of the country and the nation.
Under section 50(1)(b) of the Canadian Criminal Code, a person is guilty of an offence (although it is not described as misprision) if: . knowing that a person is about to commit high treason or treason [he] does not, with all reasonable dispatch, inform a justice of the peace or other peace officer thereof or make other reasonable efforts to prevent that person from committing high treason or ...