Reported in the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Journal, the following are questions actually asked of witnesses by attorneys during trials and, in certain cases, the responses given by insightful witnesses:

 

 

- "Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?"

- "The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?"

- "Were you present when your picture was taken?"

- "Were you alone or by yourself?"

- "Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?"

- "Did he kill you?"

- "You were there until the time you left, is that true?"

- "How many times have you committed suicide?"

- 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 female?"

- 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?"
- A: "I have been since early childhood."

- 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: 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: "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: "It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere."

- 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

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