Vaughan v. Blanchard

Decided January 1, 1792

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1792

HEATLY offered to read the return, on a commission to examine witnesses, in which it was certified, that the witnesses were duly sworn by a Justice of the Peace, and examined by the commissioners. Serjeant, objected, that the commissioners themselves should have administered the oath ; or that if administered by a Justice of the Peace, he should himself have certified the fact. But,

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Decided 1792

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¶1HEATLY offered to read the return, on a commission to examine witnesses, in which it was certified, that the witnesses were duly sworn by a Justice of the Peace, and examined by the commissioners. Serjeant, objected, that the commissioners themselves should have administered the oath ; or that if administered by a Justice of the Peace, he should himself have certified the fact. But,

¶2By the Court

¶3:—It is not necessary that the commissioners should administer the oath themselves; and it is to be presumed, that it was administered in their presence.