Sentence examples for a high treason from inspiring English sources

Not so a high treason charge.

The first standoff came when the prime minister ordered a high treason trial of Pervez Musharraf, the former army chief who deposed Sharif in a 1999 coup.

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's beleaguered former military ruler facing a high treason trial, has asked permission to receive treatment for a heart condition in the US.

The first hearing in a high treason case against former Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf has been delayed by a bomb scare, police and legal officials said.

Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf has been rushed to hospital with a "heart problem" he experienced while on his way to a court hearing in a high treason case, police and lawyers said.

But, ultimately, what matters about a high-treason case in Russia today is the public message it sends.

The Supreme Court on Friday warned the government against firing assertive judges, with Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry calling such a step "high treason," that "would be tantamount to the toppling of an important pillar of state and subverting the Constitution".

As the peril rises further---his son-in-law is executed, his hired man becomes a power-mad Minute Man, his lawyer son is offered a judgeship in the Windrip administration if he, Doremus, would soften his attitude---Doremus takes radical action: "I think it's time now for me to begin doing a little high treason" (italics mine).

Sharif ordered an unprecedented high treason trial for Musharraf when he returned to power in 2013, provoking a major confrontation with the army.

One has even proposed making the mere mention of the term "north-south" a crime of high treason punishable by a long jail term.The second task for the new president will be to improve the standard of living.

He was released for a time but was again arrested on a charge of high treason and, in 1589, condemned to death.