In Fiction
- In the movie King Ralph, Ralph used the Treason Act of 1702 as his justification in ordering the arrest of Lord Graves (John Hurt) on the grounds that Graves had interfered with Ralph's succession to the throne. After silently going through the Mnemonic Verse, he mentioned it was passed by William III, when in fact it was passed in the first year of Queen Anne's reign.
- In the movie Johnny English, the "jumped-up frenchman" Pascal Sauvage (John Malkovich), is tried for treason when he tries to seize the throne, and the audience is told the penalty is still death by hanging. However, as the film was released after the penalty was downgraded to life imprisonment in 1998, it renders the imposition of the death penalty inaccurate.
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