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Show CHINAMAN'S OATH HELD TO M GOOD Chicago, Nov. ?. Does u Chinaman appreciate the full meaning of the words, "So Help Me. (Jod" when he la swearing to an oath? This unique leyal question came up yesterday in the federal court. Judge Kenasaw Landl ruled that he does, no matter If he Is not a Christian and held that a Chinaman's word under oath should be believed as readily as that of an American. The point was rained in the arguments argu-ments for a new trial for Richard J, Prest. a railroad brakennm. convicted of smuggling opium, valued at $1,100, across the Mexican border line. Charley Yee, a Chinaman, who formerly for-merly conducted a chop-suey restaurant, restaur-ant, testified during the trial that he-had he-had received several cans of opium from Prest Attonvvs for Prest a'-taclted a'-taclted the Chinaman's ability to understand un-derstand the nature of an oath but were overruled by Judge Landis who refused to grant a new trial. |