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Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.01,0:00:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is another court case.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.01,0:00:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This time, someone was charged with killing a man called McNamara
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.07,0:00:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a blow to the head with a turf shovel.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.09,0:00:30.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time it happened, a lot of people were working in the turf field,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.02,0:00:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in between haystacks that dotted the landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.08,0:00:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two women working away saw the defendant walking away with a shovel,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.02,0:00:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but didn't take much notice, wondering about the second man.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.06,0:00:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later on, they walked around and found McNamara on the ground dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.08,0:00:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a bloody head.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.02,0:01:04.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The woman told the police what they saw happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.04,0:01:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the man walking off.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.00,0:01:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This woman was with her Deaf sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.05,0:01:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they heard she was deaf, they had a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.07,0:01:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted her witness testimony, but how would they get it interpreted?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.03,0:01:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sister claimed that she could interpret, that she could sign very well,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.10,0:01:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that her sister was well able to understand the priest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.03,0:01:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That her sister was a staunch Catholic,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.02,0:01:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and well able to converse with people in sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.03,0:01:25.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the court heard her statement,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.05,0:01:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they decided to allow her to interpret the Oath,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.02,0:01:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for her sister to swear.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.07,0:01:31.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hence the two of them could give their testimonies to the Court.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.28,0:01:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Defence Counsel asked the interpreter what exactly was said for the oath,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.06,0:01:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wording conveyed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.07,0:01:53.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and questioned whether the Deaf woman understood the Oath fully.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.05,0:01:55.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sister said that the Deaf woman understood fully
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.04,0:01:59.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she was told that if she did not tell the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.03,0:02:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the priest would kill her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.02,0:02:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After some deliberation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.01,0:02:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Defence Counsel moved to reject the claim that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.01,0:02:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Deaf witness fully understood the nature and meaning of the Oath.