An Act to make it High Treason to hold correspondence with the Sons of the Pretender to His Majesty's Crown, and for attainting them of High Treason, in case they should land or attempt to land in Great Britain, or any of the Dominions thereunto belonging, and for suspending the operation and effect of a Clause in the Act of the seventh year of the late Queen Anne, for improving the Union of the two Kingdoms, relating to Forfeitures for High Treason until after the decease of the sons of the Pretender.
Citation
17 Geo. 2. c. 39
Dates
Royal assent
12 May 1744
Other legislation
Amends
Treason Act 1708
Amended by
Forfeiture upon Attainder of Treason Act 1799
Repealed by
Statute Law Revision Act 1867
Status: Repealed
The Treason Act 1743[1] (17 Geo. 2. c. 39) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which made it high treason to correspond with any of the sons of James Francis Edward Stuart ("The Old Pretender"), who claimed to be king of Great Britain and of Ireland. His sons were Charles Edward Stuart ("The Young Pretender") and Henry Benedict Stuart (who, after his elder brother's death in 1788, never asserted a claim to the throne).
^Walker. A Legal History of Scotland. W Green. 1988. Volume 5. pp 531 & 542.
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