Snyder v. Nations

Assault and battery and false imprisonment; plea, general issue, with an agreement of the parties to give all matters in evidence, which could be specially pleaded; verdict for plaintiff below; motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment on the verdict.

On the trial, the plaintiff produced a deaf and dumb person as a Witness ; the defendant objected to his competency; the Court, through a sworn interpreter, caused him to be examined by means of signs touching the extent of his knowledge of the nature of an oath. It appeared he understood that perjury was punishable by law, but had no…