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   From: esp@snet.net   
      
   On 3/12/2017 10:50 AM, JNugent wrote:   
      
      
   >>   
   >> I have no evidence that he was telling the truth   
   >   
   > Yes, you do.   
   >   
   > If he gave oral evidence at his trial, it was under oath or affirmation.   
   >   
   > If it was a written affirmation, it will have been topped and tailed by   
   > standard phrases attesting to the truth of the statement just as in an   
   > oral oath.   
   >   
   > You therefore do have evidence to the effect that it is the truth. What   
   > other evidence of that were you seeking?   
      
   I'd have believed you if I was in the fourth grade.  By fifth grade I   
   realized people will lie under oath.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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