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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1918, 25 February 1875, Page 2

Soia:ira«Bii2sreien^wa9 caused in Court this morning as a case oflißiriiitiHg-s--Ghinaman_ was being heard. An interpreter had beam provided—a gentleman named W lliam Wah; but the Bench became perplexed about ad*miiaistering the oath necessary to be taken before he could act. In truth there seemed not so much necessity for the perplexity, as, while devising all sorts of way h for the solution of the difficulty, it dawned on Mr Tyler -"that-ib,. wouldbe as well to aak the man if he could tafcePan~oath_of what sort Boever, and whether the taking^of—that,_ oath would place him under any obligation to speak the truth. Mr Tyler communicated this idea to the Bench, who immediately made practical use of it by eliciting from the unfortunate celestial that he could take an oath (perchance as binding as ours) and was perfectly alire to the consequences of breaking faith. This settled matters pleasantly, the case was proceeded with, and, at the conclusion, of the evidence was dismissed. ' We are glad to inform our readers that,a New Gentlemen's Clothing Establishment has opened in Pollen street, two doors from Mary street, named the Thames Borough Clothing Mart.—Advt,