Note 9
Chapter II · OF THE LIBERTY OF THOUGHT AND DISCUSSION.
Baron de Gleichen, Marlborough-Street Police Court, August 4, 1857.
…en, and one of them grossly insulted by the judge and by one of the counsel, because they honestly declared that they had no theological belief; and a third, a foreigner,[9] for the same reason, was denied justice against a thief. This refusal of redress took place in virtue of the legal doctrine, that no person can be allowed to give evidence in a court of justice, who does not profess belief in a God (any god is sufficient) …
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