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.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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