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I thought someone might get a laf from this!
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From: mhughes@mango.zw-DeleteThis
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Date: 95-07-01 00:30:00 EDT
Hello BillLennan@aol.com-DeleteThis
If you have ever had anything to do with the legal system, you may enjoy some
of this nonsense
On Jun 28 at 13:13, Clive Murphy of 5:7211/1.130 wrote:
> *******************************
>> Q. What is your brother-in-law's name?
>> A. Borofkin.
>> Q. What's his first name?
>> A. I can't remember.
>> Q. He's been your brother-in-law for years, and you can't
>> remember his first name?
>> A. No. I tell you I'm too excited. (Rising from the witness
>> chair and pointing to Mr. Borofkin.) Nathan, for God's sake, tell
>> them your first name!
>> *******************************
>> Q. Did you ever stay all night with this man in New York?
>> A. I refuse to answer that question.
>> Q. Did you ever stay all night with this man in Chicago?
>> A. I refuse to answer that question.
>> Q. Did you ever stay all night with this man in Miami?
>> A. No.
>> *******************************
>> Q. Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?
>> A. By death.
>> Q. And by whose death was it terminated?
>> *******************************
>> Q. Doctor, did you say he was shot in the woods?
>> A. No, I said he was shot in the lumbar region.
>> *******************************
>> Q. What is your name?
>> A. Ernestine McDowell.
>> Q. And what is your marital status?
>> A. Fair.
>> *******************************
>> Q. Are you married?
>> A. No, I'm divorced.
>> Q. And what did your husband do before you divorced him?
>> A. A lot of things I didn't know about.
>> *******************************
>> Q. And who is this person you are speaking of?
>> A. My ex-widow said it.
>> *******************************
>> Q. How did you happen to go to Dr. Cherney?
>> A. Well, a gal down the road had had several of her children
>> by Dr. Cherney, and said he was really good.
>> *******************************
>> Q. Do you know how far pregnant you are right now?
>> A. I will be three months November 8th.
>> Q. Apparently then, the date of conception was August 8th?
>> A. Yes.
>> Q. What were you and your husband doing at that time?
>> *******************************
>> Q. Mrs. Smith, do you believe that you are emotionally unstable?
>> A. I should be.
>> Q. How many times have you committed suicide?
>> A. Four times.
>> *******************************
>> Q. Doctor, how many autopsies have you peformed on dead people?
>> A. All my autopsies have been performed on dead people.
>> *******************************
>> Q. Were you aquainted with the deceased?
>> A. Yes, sir.
>> Q. Before or after he died?
>> *******************************
>> Q. Officer, what led you to believe the defendant was under
>> the influence?
>> A. Because he was argumentary and he couldn't pronunciate
>> his words.
>> *******************************
>> Q. What happened then?
>> A. He told me, he says, "I have to kill you because you can
>> identify me."
>> Q. Did he kill you?
>> A. No.
>> *******************************
>> Q. Mrs. Jones, is your appearance 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.
>> *******************************
>> THE COURT: Now, as we begin, I must ask you to banish all present
>> information and prejudice from your minds, if you have any.
>> *******************************
>> Q. Did he pick the dog up by the ears?
>> A. No.
>> Q. What was he doing with the dog's ears?
>> A. Picking them up in the air.
>> Q. Where was the dog at this time?
>> A. Attached to the ears.
>> *******************************
>> Q. 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?
>> MR. BROOKS: Objection. That question should be taken out and shot.
>> *******************************
>> Q. And lastly, Gary, all your responses must be oral. O.K.?
>> What school do you go to?
>> A. Oral.
>> A. How old are you?
>> A. Oral.
>> *******************************
>> Q: What is your relationship with the plaintiff?
>> A: She is my daughter.
>> Q: Was she your daughter on February 13, 1979?
>> *******************************
>> Q: Now, you have investigated other murders, have you not, where
>> there was a victim?
>> *******************************
>> Q: ...and what did he do then?
>> A: He came home, and next morning he was dead.
>> Q: So when he woke up the next morning he was dead?
>> *******************************
>> Q: Did you tell your lawyer that your husband had offered you
>> indignities?
>> A: He didn't offer me nothing; he just said I could have the
>> furniture.
>> *******************************
>> Q: So, after the anesthesia, when you came out of it, what did
>> you observe with respect to your scalp?
>> A: I didn't see my scalp the whole time I was in the hospital.
>> Q: It was covered?
>> A: Yes, bandaged.
>> Q: Then, later on.. what did you see?
>> A: I had a skin graft. My whole buttocks and leg were removed
>> and put on top of my head.
>> *******************************
>> Q: Could you see him from where you were standing?
>> A: I could see his head.
>> Q: And where was his head?
>> A: Just above his shoulders.
>> *******************************
>> Q: What can you tell us about he truthfulness and veracity of
>> this defendant?
>> A: Oh, she will tell the truth. She said she'd kill that
>> sonofabitch- and she did!
>> *******************************
>> Q: Do you drink when you're on duty?
>> A: I don't drink when I'm on duty, unless I come on duty drunk.
>> *******************************
>> Q: ...any suggestions as to what prevented this from being a
>> murder trial instead of an attempted murder trial?
>> A: The victim lived.
>> *******************************
>> Q: Are you sexually active?
>> A: No, I just lie there.
>> *******************************
>> Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
>> A: Yes, I have been since early childhood.
>> *******************************
>> Q: The truth of the matter is that you were not an unbiased,
>> objective witness, isn't it. You too were shot in the fracas?
>> A: No, sir. I was shot midway between the fracas and the naval.
>> *******************************
>> Q: What is the meaning of sperm being present?
>> A: It indicates intercourse.
>> Q: Male sperm?
>> A. That is the only kind I know.
>> *******************************
>> Q: (Showing man picture.) That's you?
>> A: Yes, sir.
>> Q: And you were present when the picture was taken, right?
>> *******************************
>> Q: Was that the same nose you broke as a child?
>>
Regards,
Memory Hughes
(Internet address: mhughes@mango.zw-DeleteThis)
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