Note 486 — Chapter VI · JOHN WILKES, VICTOR BERGER, AND THE FIVE MEMBERS
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Charges to Grand Jury, 5 Blatchf. 549, 550 (1861): “Words, oral, written, or printed, however treasonable, seditious or criminal of themselves, do not constitute an overt act of treason within the definition of the crime”; accord, 1 Bond 609, 612 (1861); 2 Sprague 292, 294 (1863).