Treason Act 1695
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Treason Act 1695 is an Act of the Parliament of England which laid down rules of evidence and procedure in high treason trials. It was passed by the English Parliament but was extended to cover Scotland in 1708 and Ireland in 1821. Some of it is still in force today.The Act was passed because previously the law had been extremely harsh, allowing little opportunity for a defendant to defend himself and enabling trumped-up charges of treason to succeed. However between 1817 and 1998 the protection of the Act was removed from those accused of treasonably assaulting the Sovereign.…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Treason Act 1695 is an Act of the Parliament of England which laid down rules of evidence and procedure in high treason trials. It was passed by the English Parliament but was extended to cover Scotland in 1708 and Ireland in 1821. Some of it is still in force today.The Act was passed because previously the law had been extremely harsh, allowing little opportunity for a defendant to defend himself and enabling trumped-up charges of treason to succeed. However between 1817 and 1998 the protection of the Act was removed from those accused of treasonably assaulting the Sovereign.