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13-03-2007, 12:56 PM
بدون اهانة ، هذا المقاطع من كتاب عنوانه الفوضى في المحاكم الأميركية ، وهي الاشياء والعبارات التي يقولها الناس في المحكمة ماخوذة كلمة بكلمة ، نشرت الآن بواسطة مراسل المحكمة الذي تعذب من جلوسه هادئاً اثناء هذا الحوار المتبادل في المحكمة :looking:
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>Lawyers: no offense! These are from a book called Disorder in the American
>Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken
>down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying
>calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
>
>
>ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
>WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
>ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?
>WITNESS: Forty-five years.
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>_____________________________________
>ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
>WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
>ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
>WITNESS: My name is Susan.
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his
>sleep,
>he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
>WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
>
>____________________________________
>ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
>WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one.
>
>________________________________________
>ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
>WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
>WITNESS: Yes.
>ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
>WITNESS: Uh....
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>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
>WITNESS: Yes.
>ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
>WITNESS: None.
>ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
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>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
>WITNESS: By death.
>ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
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>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
>WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
>ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on
>dead people?
>WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you
>go to?
>WITNESS: Oral.
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
>WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
>ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
>WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was
> doing an autopsy on him!
>
>____________________________________________
>
>And the best for last
>
>ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check
> for a pulse?
>WITNESS: No.
>ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
>WITNESS: No.
>ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
>WITNESS: No.
>ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when
> you began the autopsy?
>WITNESS: No.
>ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
>WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
>ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive,
> nevertheless?
>WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and
> practicing law.
>
>
>Lawyers: no offense! These are from a book called Disorder in the American
>Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken
>down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying
>calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
>
>
>ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
>WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
>ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?
>WITNESS: Forty-five years.
>
>_____________________________________
>ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
>WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
>ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
>WITNESS: My name is Susan.
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his
>sleep,
>he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
>WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
>
>____________________________________
>ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
>WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one.
>
>________________________________________
>ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
>WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
>WITNESS: Yes.
>ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
>WITNESS: Uh....
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
>WITNESS: Yes.
>ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
>WITNESS: None.
>ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
>WITNESS: By death.
>ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
>WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
>ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on
>dead people?
>WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you
>go to?
>WITNESS: Oral.
>
>______________________________________
>ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
>WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
>ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
>WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was
> doing an autopsy on him!
>
>____________________________________________
>
>And the best for last
>
>ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check
> for a pulse?
>WITNESS: No.
>ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
>WITNESS: No.
>ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
>WITNESS: No.
>ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when
> you began the autopsy?
>WITNESS: No.
>ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
>WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
>ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive,
> nevertheless?
>WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and
> practicing law.