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"Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person
dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next
morning?"
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"The youngest, the 20-year-old, how old was
he?"
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"Were you present when your picture was
taken?"
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"Were you alone or by yourself?"
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"Was it you or your younger brother who was
killed in the war?"
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"Did he kill you?"
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"How far apart were the vehicles at the time of
the collision?"
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"You were there until the time you left, is
that true?"
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"How many times have you committed
suicide?"
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Q: "So the date of conception (of the baby) was
August 8th?"
A: "Yes."
Q: "And what were you doing at that time?"
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Q: "She had three children, right?"
A: "Yes."
Q: "How many were boys?"
A: "None."
Q: "How many were girls?"
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Q: "You say the stairs went down to the
basement?"
A: "Yes."
Q: "And these stairs, did they go up also?"
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Q: "Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate
honeymoon, didn't you?"
A.: "I went to Europe, sir."
Q: "And you took your new wife?"
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Q. "How was your first marriage
terminated?"
A. "By death."
Q. "And by whose death was it terminated?"
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Q: "Can you describe the individual?"
A: "He was about medium height and had a beard."
Q: "Was this a male, or a female?"
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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."
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Q: "Doctor, how many autopsies have you
performed on dead people?"
A: "All of my autopsies are performed on dead people."
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Q: "All your responses must be oral, OK? What
school did you go to?"
A: "Oral".
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Q: "Do you recall the time that you 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 table wondering why I was doing
an autopsy."
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Q: "You were not shot in the fracas?"
A: "No, I was shot midway between the fracas and the
navel."
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Q: "Are you qualified to give a urine
sample?"
A: "I have been since early childhood."
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Q: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy,
did you check for a pulse?"
A: "No."
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Q: "Did you check for breathing?"
A: "No."
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Q: "So, then it is possible that the patient
was alive when you began the autopsy?"
A: "No."
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Q: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"
A: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."
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Q: "But could the patient have still been alive
nevertheless?"
A: "It is possible that he could have been alive practicing law
somewhere."
