The below excerpts appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. They were taken from real court records.

* Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes quietly away and doesn't know anything about it until the next morning?







Q: What happened then?

A: He told me, he says, "I have to kill you because you can identify me."

Q: Did he kill you?







*Was it you or your brother that was killed in the war?







*The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he?







Q: She had three children, right?

A: Yes.

Q: How many were boys?

A: None.

Q: Were there any girls?







*Were you alone or by yourself?







Q: I show you Exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize that picture?

A: That's me.

Q: Were you present when that picture was taken?







*Were you present in court this morning when you were sworn in?







Q: You say that the stairs went down to the basement?

A: Yes.

Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?











Q: Now then, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?

A: By death.

Q: And by whose death was it terminated?









Q: Do you know how far pregnant you are now?

A: I'll be three months on March 12th.

Q: Apparently then, the date of conception was around January 12th?

A: Yes.

Q: What were you doing at that time?









*Do you have any children or anything of that kind?









*Was that the same nose you broke as a child?









Q: Mrs. Jones, do you believe you are emotionally stable?

A: I used to be.

Q: How many times have you committed suicide?







*So, you were gone until you returned?







You don't know what it was, and you didn't know what it looked like, but can you describe it?









Q: Have you lived in this town all your life?

A: Not yet.







A Texas attorney, realizing he was on the verge of unleashing a stupid question, interrupted himself and said, "Your Honor, I'd like to strike the next question."







Q: Do you recall approximately the time that you examined that body of Mr. Huntington at St. Mary's Hospital?

A: It was in the evening. The autopsy started about 5:30 P.M.

Q: And Mr. Huntington was dead at the time, is that correct?

A: No, you idiot, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was performing an autopsy on him!