Jonas Phillips Refuses to Testify on the Sabbath, April 5, 1793
Jonas Phillips Refuses to Testify on the Sabbath, April 5, 1793
Stanbury versus Marks
In this cause (which was tried on Saturday, the 5th of April) the defendant offered Jonas Phillips, a Jew as a witness; but he refused to be sworn, because it was his Sabbath. The Court, therefore, fined him 10 pounds; but the defendant, afterwards, waving the benefit of his testimony, he was discharged from the fine.
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