- Was that the same nose you broke as a child?
- Now, doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes quietly away and doesn't know anything about it until the next morning?
- 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: 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: Where was the location of the accident?
A: Approximately milepost 499.
Q: And where is milepost 499?
A: Probably between milepost 498 and 500.
- Q: Sir, what is your IQ?
A: Well, I can see pretty well, I think.
- Q: Did you blow your horn or anything?
A: After the accident?
Q: Before the accident.
A: Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it.
- Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in the
voodoo or occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We do.
Q: You do?
A: Yes, voodoo.
- What happened then?
He told me, he says, "I have to kill you because you can identify me."
Did he kill you?
- Was it you or your brother that was killed in the war?
- The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?
- Were you alone or by yourself?
- What is the meaning of sperm being present?
It indicates intercourse.
Male sperm?
That is the only kind I know.
- Can you describe the individual?
He was about medium height and had a beard.
Was this a male or female?
- How long have you been a French Canadian?
- How far apart were the vehicles at the time of collision?
- Mr. Clark, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?
I went to Europe, sir.
And did you take your new wife?
- Do you have any children or anything of that kind?
- I show you Exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture.
That's me.
Were you present when that picture was taken?
- Were you present in court this morning when you were sworn in?
- Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?
By death.
And by whose death was it terminated?
- Mrs. Jones, do you believe you are emotionally stable?
I used to be.
- How many times have you committed suicide?
- So you were gone until you returned?
- She had three children, right?
Yes.
How many were boys?
None.
Were there girls?
- You don't know what it was, and you didn't know what it looked like, but can you describe it?
- You say that the stairs went down to the basement?
Yes.
And these stairs, did they go up also?
- Lawyer: What device do you have in your laboratory to test alcohol content?
I have a dual column gas chromatograph, Hewlett-Packard 5710A with flame ionization etectors.
Judge: Can you get that on mag wheels?
Only on the floor models.
- Have you lived in this town all your life?
Not yet.
- All your responses must be oral, ok? What school did you go to?
Oral.
- Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
Yes, I have been since early childhood.
- Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
- Do you recall approximately the time that you examined the body of Mr.Brown?
It was in the evening. The autopsy started about 8:30 p.m.
And Mr. Brown was dead at the time, is that correct?
No. He was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy!
- Q: Do you know how far pregnant you are right now?
A: I will be three months November 8th.
Q: Apparently then, the date of conception was August 8th ?
A: Yes
Q: What were you and your husband doing at that time?
- Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for
a 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.
- 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: 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.
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