Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 264, § 4 (2026)

Treason; manner of conviction

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Section 4. No person shall be convicted of treason except by the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act of treason whereof he stands indicted, unless he confesses the same in open court.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1973–1973 · leading case: Commonwealth v. DeBrosky, 297 N.E.2d 496 (Mass. 1973).

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Commonwealth v. DeBrosky, 297 N.E.2d 496 (Mass. 1973). “” G. L. c. 264, § 4. Under G. L. c. 272, § 11, a person shall not be convicted of certain crimes concerning the abduction, and so forth, of women “upon the evidence of one witness only, unless his testimony is corroborated in a material particular” (emphasis supplied).”

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