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Challenge Oath in Canada Court

whether he practiced his religion and attended synagogue. Receiving an affirmative reply, the attorney opened a volume of the Jewish Encyclopedia and began reading a translation of the Kol Nidre prayer. When he finished reading, he objected to the value of the oath as taken by Jewish witnesses. Justice McKinnon, who is hearing the case, […]

December 17, 1934
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whether he practiced his religion and attended synagogue.

Receiving an affirmative reply, the attorney opened a volume of the Jewish Encyclopedia and began reading a translation of the Kol Nidre prayer. When he finished reading, he objected to the value of the oath as taken by Jewish witnesses.

Justice McKinnon, who is hearing the case, took Masson’s objection under consideration and will announce a decision Monday, when the trial is resumed.

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