United States v. Werner

DICKINSON, District Judge.

The substantial question raised by the demurrer is whether the treason indictment charges a crime in the sense of an offense against the law. This is in turn determined by an inquiry into what constitutes treason. Except to the extent to which the ample store of learning on the subject of treason enables us to better understand “treason” as defined in the Constitution of the United States, this learning does not concern us. The statutory definition follows, as it must, the constitutional definition. We may therefore coniine our attention to the latter. It is found in…