Q: 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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Q: How far apart were the cars at the time of the collision?

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Q: You say the stairs went down the basement?
A: Yes
Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?

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Q: Was it you or your youngest brother who was killed in the war?

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Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?

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Q: You were 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: 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: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a disposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

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Q: Were you alone or by yourself?

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Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

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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: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A:No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was still 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.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive nonetheless?
A: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.