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Show A NOVEL "SWEAR." A singular incident lately occured [occurred] in a London witness box during the hearing of a case in which a Parsee gentleman was called upon to give evidence. He objected to being sworn either on the old or new testament, and, not being a Mahomedan, he could not be sworn on the koran; but he produced from his breast a "sacred relic," and said that by making a declaration and holding the "charm" in his hand, and not concealing it, the act would be binding on his conscience. The commissioner thought that, under the peculiar circumstances, he would be justified in taking the witness's declaration, if at the same time he held the "charm" unconcealed in his hand, and declared that he would consider the act sufficiently binding upon him to bear true testimony in the matter at issue. It is said to be ?? to swear Parsees holding the tail of a cow, which in India is regarded as a sacred animal. |