2. Identify Articles of Massachusetts Declaration of Right

Question 1

Article XII

Answer 1

No Subject shall be held to answer for any crimes or offense, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially and formally, described to him or be compelled to accuse or furnish evidence against himself. And every subject shall have a right to produce all proofs that may be favorable to him; to meet the witnesses against him face to face, and be fully heard in his defense by himself, or his council at his election. And no subject shall be arrested imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiles, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land

Question 2

Article XIV

Answer 2

Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation; and if the order in the warrant to a civil officer, to make search in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation of the persons or objects of search, arrest, or seizure; and no warrant ought to be issued but in cases, and with the formalities prescribed by the laws.