[2075] in Humor
HUMOR: Under Oath
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (abennett@MIT.EDU)
Mon May 19 15:03:08 1997
From: <abennett@MIT.EDU>
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 14:54:08 EDT
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 14:34:38 -0400
From: Matthew Braun <matt@bme.unc.edu>
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I know all of you will enjoy this one. Apparently from the San Jose
Mercury News on Sunday May 11th:
jano
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UNDER OATH
From the Alameda County DA's Office:
In a murder trial, the defense attorney was cross examining a pathologist.
Here's what happened:
Atty: Before you signed the death certificate, had you taken the pulse?
Coroner: No.
Atty: Did you listen to the heart?
Cor: No
Atty: Did you check for breathing?
Cor: No
Atty: So, when you signed the death certificate you weren't sure the man
was dead, were you?
Cor.: Well, let me put it this way. The man's brain was sitting in a jar
on my desk. But I guess it's possible he could be out there practicing law
somewhere.
