OCR Text |
Show A BAD MARK FROM 803- A Little Girl's Original Definition In Court of "What Is a Sin?" An incident worth recording occurred before Chief Judge Sedgewick of the superior court in the trial of the action brought in behalf of Ida Goldberg to recover re-cover $15,000 damages from Edward Ridley & Sons for injuries received in being knocked down and run over by one of the wagons of the firm. The girl had her arm fractured. The defense was that she was responsible for the accident acci-dent by her own negligence. Lottie Goldberg, a sister of the plain-tiff, plain-tiff, who is only 11 years of age, was called to the witness chair to testify to the circumstances of the accident. She was such a little child that she was questioned as to her understanding the nature of an oath, in order to ascertain whether she should be allowed to testify. "Do you understand the nature of an oath?" "Yes, sir." "What is it?" "It is a swear. " On cross examination the little girl was asked: "What do you mean when you say it is a Bwear?" "Well, it is that I have to toll the truth." "If you don't tell the truth, what then?" "That would be a sin. " "What is a sin?" "A bad mark from God," answered I the little one. The venerable chief judge was visibly touched at this answer of the child and remarked, "This is a very intelligent child and perfectly understands the obligations ob-ligations of an oath. " She was then allowed al-lowed to give her testimony. New Yor Recorder. |