Regarding the act of Mr. Thomas in the mildest light, it was “misprision of treason,” according to every definition of that crime which can be found in the books.
The three laymen did not even know the crime with which Ralph was charged, but they soon learnt that the technical phrase for it was misprision of treason.
In the bill, therefore, as it was first read, More and Fisher found themselves declared guilty ofmisprision of treason.
Their offence, by the act, wasmisprision of treason.
Sidenote: Declared in the first reading of the bill guilty of misprision of treason.
Of thy misprision must perforce ensue Some true love turn'd, and not a false turn'd true.
Either envy, therefore, or misprision Is guilty of this fault, and not my son.
Or if we fail to prove such injury More than misprision of the fact,--what then?
But to his sense of the misprision of neighbours and friends, came the faith and indignant confidence of his wife like the closing and binding up and mollifying of a wound with ointment.
By one's own one learns to love all God's creatures, and from one's own one gets strength to meet the misprision of the world.
Whether the offence of Garnet went beyondmisprision of treason has been much controverted.
Those who should conceal or connive at the offenders were to be held guilty of misprision of treason.
Many a time has a tooth-ache come in to aid Paddy in obstructing the course of justice; and a colic been guilty of misprision of treason.
They thought him worth the levy of a heavy fine for misprision of treason; and he had to sell Smallridge.
If they were true, it was misprision of treason in him to have concealed the matter for a twelvemonth.
Lord Northumberland had been sent to the Tower by the Star Chamber for misprision of treason, on the flimsy pretext of his intimacy with Thomas Percy.
Surely,' observed Coke, 'thou art mistaken; for I myself accused him but ofmisprision of treason.
Greybell will fix upon him misprision of treason at least .
And all slander against the king, queen, or their issue, was subjected to the penalty of misprision of treason.
He himself seems to have been sensible of the cruelty of this proceeding; for he pardoned the duchess of Norfolk and most of the others condemned for misprision of treason.
They attainted More and Fisher for misprision of treason.
The chief justice ruled that this did not amount to treason, but was at most misprision of treason.
Misprision of felony, which is a concealment of a felony by a person cognizant thereof.
Misprision of treason, which is omission to notify the authorities of an act of treason by a person cognizant thereof.
The misprision of this passage has aided in fostering the delusive notion.
If his conduct, being complained of, was examined into by Parliament, misprision of treason was the lowest at which his offence could be rated.
Next, Godfrey could not reveal the secret without revealing his own misprision of treason.
Fisher, although able to clear himself from all reasonable grounds of suspicion, was found guilty of misprision of treason and condemned to pay a fine of £300.
To question the marriage of Henry with Anne Boleyn by writing, word, deed, or act was declared to be high treason, and all persons should take an oath acknowledging the succession under pain of misprision of treason.
Well: I will say now that it may be no more than misprision of treason.
It was gone clean beyond mere misprision of treason now: I saw that plain enough.
Howards, with no worse misadventure than the conviction of himself and his wife of misprision of treason in concealing the offences of his niece, Queen Catherine.
Anne Boleyn's coronation was deputy earl marshal; and he was sent on missions to Scotland and France; but in 1541 he was charged with abetting his relative Queen Catherine Howard, and was convicted ofmisprision of treason, but pardoned.
I overlook the misprision of blasphemy on your part, for you didn't know what you said?
