Lawyer:
"This myasthenia gravis -- does it affect your memory at all?"
Witness:
"Yes."
Lawyer:
"And in what ways does it affect your memory?"
Witness:
"I forget."
Lawyer:
"You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?"
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Lawyer:
"Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?"
Witness:
"No."
Lawyer:
"Did you check for blood pressure?"
Witness:
"No."
Lawyer:
"Did you check for breathing?"
Witness:
"No."
Lawyer:
"So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?"
Witness:
"No."
Lawyer:
"How can you be so sure, Doctor?"
Witness:
"Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."
Lawyer:
"But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"
Witness:
"Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere."
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Lawyer:
"Now sir, I'm sure you are an intelligent and honest man--"
Witness:
"Thank you. If I weren't under oath, I'd return the compliment."
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Lawyer:
"Do you know how far pregnant you are now?"
Witness:
"I'll be three months on November 8."
Lawyer:
"Apparently, then, the date of conception was August 8?"
Witness:
"Yes."
Lawyer:
"What were you doing at that time?"
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Lawyer:
"Are you married?"
Witness:
"No, I'm divorced."
Lawyer:
"And what did your husband do before you divorced him?"
Witness:
"A lot of things I didn't know about."
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Lawyer:
"When he went, had you gone and had she, if she wanted to and were able, for the time being excluding all the restraints on her not to go, gone also, would he have brought you, meaning you and she, with him to the station?"
Other Lawyer:
"Objection. That question should be taken out and shot."
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