THE OATH
MAGISTRATE’S OPINION.
(Australian Tress Association.)
SYDNEY, This aDy.. Stipendiary Magistrate, Mr McMahon, at the conclusion of a case in the Redfern Court, said the oath administered to a witness in the court is a blasphemous formality:. “1 suppose ninety-five per cent of the witnesses are truthful, and the cath is simply inviting them to commit blasphemy. I think it would be very much better if the oath was abolished. It would make no difference to justice.”
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1930, Page 5
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78THE OATH Hokitika Guardian, 16 September 1930, Page 5
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