THE OATH.
"Blasphemous Formality," Says Magistrate.
SHOULD BE ABOLISHED.
(Received 11 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day.
The stipendiary magistrate, Mr. McMahon, at the conclusion of a case, in the Redfern Court, said the oath administered to witnesses in Court is a blasphemous formality. "I suppose 95 per cent of the witnesses are untruthful, and the oath 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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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 219, 16 September 1930, Page 7
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