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Recently reported in the Massachusettes 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:
>
>1. " Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep,
>he doesn't know about it until the next morning?"
>
>2. "The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?"
>
>3. "Were you alone or by yourself?"
>
>4. "Were you present when your picture was taken?"
>
>5. "Was it you or your younger brother killed in the war?"
>
>6. "Did he kill you?"
>
>7. "How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?"
>
>8. "You were there until the time you left, is that true?"
>
>9. "How many times have you committed suicide?"
>
>10. Q: "So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?"
> A: "Yes."
> Q: "And what were you doing at that time?"
>
>11. Q: "She had three children, right?"
> A: "Yes."
> Q: "How many were boys?"
> A: "None."
> Q: "Were there any girls?"
>
>12. "You say the stairs went down to the basement?"
> "Yes."
> "And these stairs, did they go up also?"
>
>13. "Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition
>notice which I sent to your attorney?"
> "No, this is how I dress when I go to work."
>
>14. "Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
>"
> "All my autopsies are performed on dead people."
>
>15. "Do you recall the time that you examined the body?"
> "The autopsy started around 8:30pm."
> "And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?"
> "No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an
> Autopsy."
>
>16. "Are you qualified to give a urine sample?"
> "I have been since early childhood."
>
>17. 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."
>
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