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COURT: Let him repeat the question again. INTERPRETER: Repeating question to witness) He says he believes in either one of those. MR. TAYLOR: What ? INTERPRETER: He says he believes either one of those oaths; he tell the truth either one- MR MORESBY: Put the question again; put the question so he can understand it. COURT: You tell him what the oaths are Wing. INTERPRETER: I ask him which oath— Break the Saucer, Kiss the Bible, Cut the Chickens Head off, and bum the papers, which is the most binding on him of those four. COURT: What did he say ? INTERPRETER: He said either one of those would be binding, but he did not say which the most. COURT: Ask him which is the most binding form of oath. INTERPRETER: The most is the Bible. COURT: I will have to swear him on the Bible. MR. TAYLOR. I fancy your Honor would feel bound by that, but any man who will get up and say either one of those forms is equally binding, it does not sound reasonable, as one is a Heathen and the other a Christian, and he cannot believe in both. MR. MORESBY: He means that the man has come here to tell the truth. COURT: I think Mr. Taylor your objection has been pretty well noted, as it has been pretty well defined.

BC Archives GR-0419 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Box 100 File 1904/10 Attorney General documents.