Lawyer
Laughs
These are things people actually said in court:
- Q: What is your date of birth?
- A: July fifteenth.
- Q: What year?
- A: Every year.
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- Q: This myasthenia gravis-does it affect your memory at all?
- A: Yes.
- Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
- A: I forget.
- Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
- Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
- A: Oral.
- Q: How old is your son--the one living with you.
- A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
- Q: How long has he lived with you?
- A: Forty-five years.
- Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that morning?
- A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
- Q: And why did that upset you?
- A: My name is Susan.
- Q: Sir, what is your IQ?
- A: Well, I can see pretty well, I think.
- Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in the voodoo occult?
- A: We both do.
- Q: Voodoo?
- A: We do.
- Q: You do?
- A: Yes, voodoo.
- Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
- A: Yes.
- Q: And what were you doing at that time?
- Q: She had three children, right?
- A: Yes.
- Q: How many were boys?
- A: None.
- Q: Were there any girls?
- Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?
- A: Yes.
- Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?
- Q: Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?
- A: I went to Europe, sir.
- Q: And you took your new wife?
- Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
- A: By death.
- Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
- Q: Can you describe the individual?
- A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
- Q: Was this a male, or a female?
- Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to
your attorney?
- A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
- Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
- A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
- Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
- A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
- Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
- A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
Miscellaneous questions asked by wise attorneys:
Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know
about it until the next morning?
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?
Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
Q: Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?
Q: Did he kill you?
Q: How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?
Q: You were there until the time you left, is that true?
Q: How many times have you committed suicide? |
