OATH OF THE CANDLE.
A Chinese witness at a London Police Court lately took the oath by kneeling on the floor, blowing out a candle and repeating the following formula: "I tell the truth arid the whole truth. If not, as that candle is blown out» may my soul ba blown out.^
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20384, 12 October 1929, Page 3 (Supplement)
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