A person shall not be convicted of treason unless upon the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on his own confession in open court.
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-7-69
Treason; essential proof
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 584 So. 2d 733 - Smallwood v. State (1991)
Most recently applied in Hall v. State (September 1999)
Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 237; 1871, § 2689; 1880, § 2966; 1892, § 1314; 1906, § 1388; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1131; 1930, § 1161; 1942, § 2398.
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