Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1910 — Queer Legal Oaths. [ARTICLE]

Queer Legal Oaths.

In Siberia, in the wild Ostayaks law courts, the natives swear by the newly severed head of a bear, which to Implored to subsequently rend and devour them should they perjure themselves, while in Assam the opposing witnesses lay hold of a chicken by its feet and retain each onehalf as the clerk of the court chops it in two. By undergoing this ceremony they are considered to be pledged to a like fate in the event of their swearing falsely.—Chicago Journal.