TREASONABLE OFFENCES.
No. 3 of 1868.
159
which
menced,
11 & 12 Vict.
4. Provided always that no person shall be prosecuted for Time within which any felony by virtue of this Ordinance in respect of such prosecution compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices, or intentions to as aforesaid, in so far as the same are expressed, uttered, or warrant declared by open and advised speaking only, unless informa- issued, etc. tion of such compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices, and intentions and of the words by which the same were expressed, uttered, or declared, is given upon oath to a justice of the peace within six days after such words have been spoken, and unless a warrant for the apprehension of the person by whom such words have been spoken is issued within ten days after such information has been given as aforesaid, and that no person shall be convicted of any such compassings, imaginations, inventions, devices, or intentions as aforesaid, in so far as the same are expressed, uttered, or declared by open or advised speaking as aforesaid, except on his own confession in open court or unless the words so spoken are proved by two credible witnesses.
more than
5. In an indictment for any felony under this Ordinance, Charging of it shall be lawful to charge against the offender any number one overt act of the matters, acts, or deeds by which such compassings, in indictment. imaginations, inventions, devices, or intentions as aforesaid, 11 & 12 Vict. or any of them, have been expressed, uttered, or declared.
S.
25 Edw. 3,
6. Provided always that nothing herein contained shall Saving as to lessen the force of or in any manner affect anything enacted St. 5, c. 2. by the statute passed in the twenty-fifth year of King Edward 11 & 12 Vict. the Third, entitled "A Declaration which Offences shall be adjudged Treason."
c. 12, s. 6.
offence proved being
offence
7. If the facts or matters alleged in an indictment for any Case of felony under this Ordinance amount in law to treason, such indictment shall not, by reason thereof, be deemed void, other than erroneous, or defective; and if the facts or matters proved charged, etc. at the trial of any person charged with any felony under this 11 & 12 Vict. Ordinance amount in law to treason, such person shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be acquitted of such felony; but no person tried for such felony shall be afterwards prosecuted for treason upon the same facts.
c. 12, s. 7.
of acces-
8. (1). In the case of every felony punishable under this Punishment Ordinance, every principal in the second degree and every sories. accessory before the fact shall be punishable in the same 11 & 12 Vict. c. 12, s. 8.