More funny court comments...

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.

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THE COURT: Now, as we begin, I must ask you to banish all present
           information and prejudice from your minds, if you have
           any.

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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.

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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.

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Q.  And lastly, Gary, all your responses must be oral.  O.K.?
    What school do you go to?
A.  Oral.
Q.  How old are you?
A.  Oral.

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   Q: What is your relationship with the plaintiff?
   A: She is my daughter.
   Q: Was she your daughter on February 13, 1979?
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   Q: Now, you have investigated other murders, have you not, where there
   was a victim? 
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   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?
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   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.