I would like to hear from Allen on this one. Sounds like they put up a good fight in the courtroom. I actually thought of Allen as I read this part.

It took 10 minutes, alone, for Donkers to state that she would tell the truth. She refused to take the sworn oath that the bailiff tried to read to her, she said, because it would be ``repugnant to my faith to swear an oath.'' She eventually promised to tell the truth, without swearing.

I added a few links to this story over here.