THE OATH IN RARATONGA.
LEGAL ASPECT OF THE MATTER. . (Fbom Our Own Cohhespondent.) WELLINGTON, September 29. During the discussion on the Estimates to-night Ma- Massey said that it had been stated by the Chief Justice that an oath couW. not be administered in the Cook Islands owing to a defect in the law. He wished to know whether this bad prevented evidence from bein<r taken on oath m the recent trial on a charge of murder at Rarotonga. The Hon. J. A. Millar stated that evidence was taken on oath at the trial, and.this could legally be done, but an oath could not be administered in the Cook Islands by a Roval Commission or other inquiry.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3003, 4 October 1911, Page 36
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