Case Name: The Case of Charles F. Norberg
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1808-03
Citations: 3 Tyng 81
Docket Number: 
Parties: *The Case of Charles F. Norberg.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 77–77

Head Matter:
*The Case of Charles F. Norberg.
Where a witness is ignorant of the English language, an interpreter is sworn to explain the oath to the witness.

Opinion:
This was a Swede, wholly ignorant of the English language, whose testimony to the grand jury was needed. The Court ordered an interpreter to be first sworn truly to interpret between the Court and jury and the witness. The oath was then administered to the witness in English, and interpreted to him by the sworn interpreter, as it was pronounced by the clerk.