These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually sagte in court, word for word, taken down and now published Von court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
Q: Are Du sexually active?
A: No, I just lie there.
Q: What is your datum of birth?
A: July 15th.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
Q: What gear were Du 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: Du forget? Can Du give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
A: Thirty-eight oder 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 sagte to Du 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 Du know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo oder the occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We do.
Q: Du 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 Weiter morning?
A: Did Du actually pass the bar exam?
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
Q: Were Du present when your picture was taken?
Q: So the datum of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes.
Q: And what were Du 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: Von death.
Q: And Von whose death was it terminated?
Q: Can Du describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male, oder 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 Du performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK?
Q: What school did Du go to?
A: Oral.
Q: Do Du recall the time that Du 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 tabelle wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him.
Q: Are Du qualified to give a urine sample?
Q: Doctor, before Du performed the autopsy, did Du check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did Du check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did Du check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when Du began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can Du be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my schreibtisch 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.
