Treason Act 1790 1871. Section 4 This section was a saving clause and provided that women convicted of those offences would still be liable to such forfeitures and corruption of blood as they would have been if they had been attainted of those offences before the passing of the Act. This section was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1960. Repeal The Act was repealed when the death penalty for treason was abolished by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Treason Act 1790 The Treason Act 1790 (30 Geo 3 c 48) was an Act of the Parliament of the Kingdom of
Treason laws in the United States 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." Bail could not be granted for a charge of treason, so Smith was placed in jail where he was accompanied by his brother, Hyrum Smith, and other associates. On June 27, Smith and Hyrum were killed by a mob in jail while they were awaiting trial. Penalty: Death, or life imprisonment. In Louisiana, all life imprisonment sentences exclude the possibility of