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Court Transcripts

  • 10-03-2004 11:26am
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 129 ✭✭


    This amy have been posted already

    These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken
    down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying
    calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
    __________
    Q: What is your date of birth?
    A: July 15th.
    Q: What year?
    A: Every year.
    ______________________________________
    Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
    A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
    ______________________________________
    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: 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 up that
    morning?
    A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
    Q: And why did that upset you?
    A: My name is Susan.
    ______________________________________
    Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the occult?
    A: We both do.
    Q: Voodoo?
    A: We do.
    Q: You do?
    A: Yes, voodoo.
    ______________________________________>
    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?
    A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
    ___________________________________
    Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
    _____________________________________
    Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
    ______________________________________
    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: 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: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
    A: Oral.
    ______________________________________
    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.
    _____________________________________
    Q. Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
    ______________________________________
    Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check fora pulse?
    A: No.
    Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
    A: No.
    Q: Did you check for breathing?
    A: No.
    Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you
    began the autopsy?
    A: No.
    Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
    A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
    Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
    A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and Practicing law
    somewhere


Comments

  • Closed Accounts Posts: 88 ✭✭powerage22


    lol

    very good especially the last one:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,190 ✭✭✭UnrealQueen


    They're all very good:)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭The_Goose


    Originally posted by Ronika

    Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check fora pulse?
    A: No.
    Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
    A: No.
    Q: Did you check for breathing?
    A: No.
    Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you
    began the autopsy?
    A: No.
    Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
    A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
    Q: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
    A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and Practicing law
    somewhere

    Def my favourite :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,766 ✭✭✭robbie1876


    Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
    A: Oral.
    I hurt myself laughing at this one!!

    :D:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 175 ✭✭bdiddy


    Oral


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,136 ✭✭✭Pugsley


    Posted before, but still an excellent list.


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