MAYO. A Court Incident
The following appeared in a recent issue of ' Mayo News ' : — There was a case of trespass to be tried at Petty Sessions Court in which the complainant was • a man named O'Reilly, aged 65 years, and who has never learned English. 'He informed the Bench that he had no English. There is no official interpreter, and Constable Patrick Brennan, who interpreted on such occasions, was temporarily transferred that day. Mr Gerald Bmgham volunteered to interpret, but as he did not know the Irish formula of the oath, Mr. Griffin, the chairman of the Bench of magistrates, administered the oath in Irish. We learn that Mr. Griffin is nephew of the author of " The Collegians." '
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 14, 2 April 1903, Page 9
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118MAYO. A Court Incident New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 14, 2 April 1903, Page 9
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