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Treason Act 1747
The Treason Act 1747 (21 Geo.II c.19) was an Act of the Parliament took effect retrospectively from the
Parliament of Great Britain[1] which appplied only to beginning of the session in which they were
Scotland. It stated that anyone who was prosecuted on passed, which in this case was 1747: see the article
or after 1 April 1748 for treason or misprision of treason Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793 for
could be tried anywhere in Scotland if the crime had the explanation as to why. However this Act was
been committed in any of the shires of Dunbartain, Stir- expressed to take effect from 1 April 1748.
ling,[2] Perth, Kincardine, Aberdeen, Inverness, Nairn, [2] Spelled "Sterling" in the Act.
Cromarty,[3] Argyll, Forfar, Banff,[4] Sutherland, Caith- [3] Spelled "Cromartie" in the Act.
ness, Elgine, Ross, and Orkney.[5] Normally a crime had to [4] Spelled "Bamff" in the Act.
be tried in the shire where it had been committed. The [5] Section 1.
Act also said that in such a trial, the jurors could come [6] Section 2.
from adjoining counties, instead of (as would otherwise [7] Section 3.
be the case) the county where the trial was held.[6] [8] Section 4.
It also provided that His Majesty’s Advocate could [9] Section 6, which applied to sections 1 to 5.
move the trial to the High Court of Justiciary,[7] and that
peers had the right to be tried by their peers.[8] These
provisions were to expire after seven years.[9]
See also
• Treason Act
• Jurors (Scotland) Act 1745
References
[1] The Act was actually passed in 1748, but is listed
under 1747 because under the common law acts of
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Categories:
• 1747 in Great Britain
• Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain
• Treason
• 1747 in law
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