Case of Norberg
4 Mass. 81
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Bluebook
Case of Norberg, 4 Mass. 81 (Mass. 1808).
Opinion
This was a Swede, wholly ignorant of the English language, whose testimony to the grand jury was needed. The Court ordered an interpreter to be first sworn truly to interpret between the Court and jury and the witness. The oath was then administered to the witness in English, and interpreted to him by the sworn interpreter, as it was pronounced by the clerk.
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