 | William Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh - Novelists, English - 1913 - 658 pages
...know my own oath in this case is inadmissible, but I call upon that God whom we all adore to attest that I am innocent of this charge, and may He reward or punish me as I speak true or false in denying it. I call that God to witness that I did not know that... | |
 | Edward Copeland - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 316 pages
...inadmissible, " she concludes to the jury, " but I call upon that God whom you all adore, to attest that I am innocent of this charge, and may he reward or punish me as I speak true or false, in denying it!" "During the time of dictating this address," the... | |
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... emotion. The prisoner continued : — You have heard their evidence against me. I shall make no comment upon it — I shall leave that task where I am certain it will be executed with justice and mercy. I know my own oath in this case is inadmissible,... 