90 A PREPARATION FOR THE UNION OF LAWS. 



In treason, no witness shall be received upon 

 oath for the party s justification. 



In treason, if the fact be committed beyond the 

 seas, yet it may be tried in any county where the 

 king will award his commission. 



In treason, if the party be &quot; non sana3 memoriae,&quot; 

 yet if he had formerly confessed it before the king s 

 council, and that it be certified that he was of good 

 memory at the time of his examination and confes 

 sion, the court may proceed to judgment without 

 calling or arraigning the party. 



In treason the death of the party before con 

 viction dischargeth all proceedings and forfeitures. 



In treason, if the party be once acquitted, he 

 shall not be brought in question again for the same 

 fact. 



In treason, no new case not expressed in the 

 statute of 25 Ed. III. nor made treason by any spe 

 cial statute since, ought to be judged treason, 

 without consulting with the parliament. 



In treason, there can be no prosecution but 

 at the king s suit, and the king s pardon dischargeth. 



In treason, the king cannot grant over to any 

 subject power and authority to pardon it. 



In treason, a trial of a peer of the kingdom is to 

 be by special commission before the lord high 

 steward, and those that pass upon him to be none 

 but peers ; and the proceeding is with great so 

 lemnity, the lord steward sitting under a cloth 

 of estate with a white rod of justice in his hand : 



