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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.10,0:00:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Irish Dead Archives - Case Study No 9: Bridget Heany)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.58,0:00:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Narrated by Josephine O'Leary)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.33,0:00:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Munster Circuit. Limerick County Assizes, 1845. Friday, March 7. Crown Side. (Before the Honourable Mr. Justice Jackson.) - The Queen v. O'Brien (a))
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.97,0:00:10.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Witness - Evidence. The testimony of a deaf and dumb person ...)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.15,0:00:13.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,("The testimony of a deaf and dumb person" - Is this admissible?)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.12,0:00:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is another court case.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.14,0:00:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This time, someone was charged with killing a man called McNamara
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.75,0:00:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a blow to the head with a turf shovel.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.92,0:00:30.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time it happened, a lot of people were working in the turf field,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.18,0:00:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in between haystacks that dotted the landscape.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.17,0:00:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Something happened behind one of the haystacks!)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.82,0:00:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two women working away saw the defendant walking away with a shovel,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.24,0:00:46.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but didn't take much notice, wondering about the second man.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.59,0:00:51.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later on, they walked around and found McNamara on the ground dead,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.84,0:00:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a bloody head.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.05,0:00:59.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(People came forward as witnesses)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.26,0:01:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The woman told the police what they saw happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.36,0:01:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the man walking off.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.02,0:01:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This woman was with her Deaf sister.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.52,0:01:09.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When they heard she was deaf, they had a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.71,0:01:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wanted her witness testimony, but how would they get it interpreted?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.33,0:01:17.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sister claimed that she could interpret, that she could sign very well,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.96,0:01:20.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that her sister was well able to understand the priest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.26,0:01:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That her sister was a staunch Catholic,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.24,0:01:24.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and well able to converse with people in sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.27,0:01:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After the court heard her statement,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.46,0:01:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they decided to allow her to interpret the Oath,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.24,0:01:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for her sister to swear.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.67,0:01:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hence the two of them could give their testimonies to the Court.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.39,0:01:35.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Limerick County Assizes)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.62,0:01:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Main Courthouse, Limerick - www.limerickslife.com)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.70,0:01:43.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(However, the counsel for the defence had an important question.)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.50,0:01:50.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Defence Counsel asked the interpreter what exactly was said for the oath,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.65,0:01:51.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wording conveyed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.69,0:01:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and questioned whether the Deaf woman understood the Oath fully.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.53,0:01:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sister said that the Deaf woman understood fully
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.38,0:01:59.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she was told that if she did not tell the truth,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.35,0:02:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the priest would kill her.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.10,0:02:06.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Southside Courthouse and Jail www.limerickslife.com)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.23,0:02:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After some deliberation,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.10,0:02:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Defence Counsel moved to reject the claim that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.09,0:02:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Deaf witness fully understood the nature and meaning of the Oath.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.10,0:02:20.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(So Bridget Heany was not accepted as a witness after all.)