The below excerpts appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. They were taken from real court records.
1: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes quietly away and doesn’t know anything about it until the next morning?
2: 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?
3: Was it you or your brother that was killed in the war?
4: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?
5: Q: She had three children, right?
A: Yes.
Q: How many were boys?
A: None.
Q: Were there any girls?
6: Were you alone or by yourself?
7: Q: I show you Exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture?
A: That’s me.
Q: Were you present when that picture was taken?
8: Were you present in court this morning when you were sworn in?
9:Q: You say that the stairs went down to the basement?
A: Yes.
Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?
10: Q: Now then, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
11: Do you have any children or anything of that kind?
12: Was that the same nose you broke as a child?
13: Q: Mrs. Jones, do you believe you are emotionally stable?
A: I used to be.
Q: How many times have you committed suicide?
14: So, you were gone until you returned?
15: You don’t know what it was, and you didn’t know what it looked like, but can you describe it?
16: Q: Have you lived in this town all your life?
A: Not yet.
17: A Texas attorney, realizing he was on the verge of unleashing a stupid question, interrupted himself and said, “Your Honor, I’d like to strike the next question.”
18:Q: Do you recall approximately the time that you examined that body of Mr. Huntington at St. Mary’s Hospital?
A: It was in the evening. The autopsy started about 5:30 P.M.
Q: And Mr. Huntington was dead at the time, is that correct?
A: No, you idiot, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was performing an autopsy on him!
