From A Little Book Called "Disorder In The Court.'
They're Things People Actually Said
In Court, Word For Word.,
Q: What Is Your Date Of Birth?
A: July Fifteenth.
Q: What Year?
A: Every Year.
Q: What Gear Were You 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
A And In What Ways Does It Affect
Your Memory?
A: I Forgot.
Q. You Forget. Can You Give Us An Example
Of Something That You've Forgotten?
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: And Where Was The Location Of The Accident?
A: Approximately Milepost 499.
Q: And Where Is Milepost 499?
A: Probably Between Milepost 498 And 500.
O Do You Know If Yourdaughter Has Ever Been Involved In The Voodoo Or
Occult?
A We Both Do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We Do
Q: You Do?
A: Yes, Voodoo
Q: Trooper, When You Stopped The
Defendant, Were Your Red And Blue Lights
Flashing?
A: Yes.
Q: Did The Defendant Say Anything When She Got Out Of Her
Car?
A: Yes, Sir.
Q: What Did She Say?
A: What Disco Am I At?
Q: Were You Present When Your Picture Was Taken?
Q: Did He Kill You?
Q: How Far Apart Were The Vehicles At The Time Of The
Collision?
Q: You were there urtil the time you left, is that true?
Q: How many times have you committed suicide?
Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A Yes.
Q: And what were you doing at that time?
Q You say the stairs went down to
the basement?
A: Yes.
Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?
Q: Can you describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male, or a female?
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a
deposition notice which
sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead
people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
O 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 8:3Q 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: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check
for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you cheek for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No
Q: So, then it is possibie 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
practising law somewhere.
Q: You were not shot in the fracas?
A: No, 'was shot midway between the fracas and the navel.
LAWYER: What did the tissue samples taken from the victim's
vagina show?
WITNESS: There were traces of semen.
LAWYER: Male semen?
WITNESS: That's the only kind I know of
LAWYER: Did you ever sleep with him in
WITNESS: I refuse to answer that question.
LAWYER: Did you ever sleep with him in
WITNESS: I refuse to answer that question.
LAWYER: Did you ever sleep with him in
WITNESS: No.
LAWYER- So, after the anaesthetic, when you came out of it,
what did you observe
with respect to your scalp?
WITNESS: I didn't see my scalp the whole time I was in the
hospital.
LAWYER: It was covered?
WITNESS: Yes. Bandaged.
LAWYER: Then, later on, what did you see?
WITNESS: I had a skin graft. My whole buttocks and leg were
removed and put
on top of my head.
CLERK: Please repeat after me: "I swear by Almighty
God...
WITNESS: 'I swear by Almighty God."
CLERK: "That the evidence that I give..."
WITNESS: That's right.
CLERK: Repeat it.
WITNESS: "Repeat it".
CLERK: No! Repeat what I said.
WITNESS: What you said when?
CLERK: "That the evidence that I give..
WITNESS "That the evidence that I give."
CLERK: "Shall be the truth and..."
WITNESS: It will, and nothing but the truth
CLERK: Please, just repeat after me: "Shall be the
truth and..."
WITNESS: I'm not a scholar, you know.
CLERK: We can appreciate that. Just repeat after me:
"Shall be the truth and..."
WITNESS: "Shall be the truth and."
CLERK: Say: Nothing...".
WITNESS: Okay. (Witness remains silent.)
CLERK. No! Don't say nothing. Say: "Nothing but the truth..."
WITNESS: Yes.
CLERK: Can't you say: "Nothing but the truth..."?
WITNESS: Yes.
CLERK: Well? Do so.
WITNESS You're confusing me.
CLERK: Just say: "Nothing but the truth
CLERK: Yes.
WITNESS: Okay. I understand.
CLERK: Then say it.
WITNESS: What?
CLERK: "Nothing but the truth..."
WITNESS: But I do! thats just it.
CLERK: You must say: Nothing but the truth."
WITNESS: I WILL say nothing but the truth!
CLERK: Please, just repeat these four words: 'Nothing?
But", 'The, "Truth".
WITNESS: What? You mean, like, now?
CLERK: Yes! Now. Please. just say those four words.
WITNESS: Nothing. But. The. Truth."
CLERK: Thank you.
WITNESS: I'm just not a scholar.
LAWYER: On the morning of July 25th, did you walk from the
farmhouse down the
footpath to the cowshed?
WITNESS. I did.
LAWYER: and as a result, you passed within a few yards of
the duck pond?
WITNESS: I did.
LAWYER: And did you observe anything?
WITNESS: I did. (Witness remains silent.)
LAWYER: Well, could you tell the Court what you saw?
WITNESS: I saw George.
LAWYER: You saw George the defendant in this case?
WITNESS: Yes.
LAWYER: Can you tell the court what George was doing?
WITNESS: Yes. (Witness remains silent.)
LAWYER: Well, would you kindly do so?
WITNESS: He had his thing stuck into one of the ducks.
LAWYER: His "thing"?
WITNESS: You know... His thing. his di... I mean, his penis.
LAWYER: You passed close by the duck pond, the light was
good, you were sober,
you have good eyesight, and you saw
this clearly?
WITNESS: Yes.
LAWYER: Did you say anything to him?
WITNESS: Of course I did!
LAWYER: What did you say to him?
WITNESS: "Morning, George