Reported in the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Journal,the following are questions actually asked of witnesses by attorneys during trials and, in certain cases, the responses given by insightful witnesses:

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1.“Now doctor, isn’t it true that
when a person dies in his sleep, he
doesn’t know about it until the next
morning?”
2. “The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?”
3. “Were you present when your picture was taken?”
4. “Were you alone or by yourself?”
5. “Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in
the war?”
6. “Did he kill you?”
7. “How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the
collision?”
8. “You were there until the time you left, is that true?”
9. “How many times have you committed suicide?”
10. Q: “So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?”
A: “Yes.”
Q: “And what were you doing at that time?”
11. Q: “She had three children, right?”
A: “Yes.”
Q: “How many were boys?”
A: “None.”
Q: “Were there any girls?”
12. Q: “You say the stairs went down to the basement?”
A: “Yes.”
Q: “And these stairs, did they go up also?”
13. 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?”
14. Q: “How was your first marriage terminated?”
A: “By death.”
Q: “And by whose death was it terminated?”
15. Q: “Can you describe the individual?”
A: “He was about medium height and had a beard.”
Q: “Was this a male or female?”
16. Q: “Is your appearance here 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.”
17. Q: “Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on
dead people?”
A: “All my autopsies are performed on dead people.”
18. Q: “All your responses must be oral, OK? What school
did you go to?”
A: “Oral.”
19. 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.”
20. Q: “You were not shot in the fracas?”
21. Q: “Are you qualified to give a urine sample?”
A: “I have been since early childhood.”
22. Q: “Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you
check for a pulse?”
A: “No.”
Q: “Did you check for breathing?”
A: “No.”
Q: “So, then it is possible that the patient was 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 in a jar.”
Q: “But could the patient have still been alive
nevertheless?”
A: “It is possible that he could have been alive and
practicing law somewhere.”

for the haircut but the barber refused saying, “I cannot accept money from you, for you are a good man - you do God’s work.”
The next morning the barber found a dozen bibles at the door to his shop.
A policeman came to the barber for a haircut, and again the barber refused payment saying, “I cannot accept money from you, for you are a good man - you protect the public.”
The next morning the barber found a dozen doughnuts at the door to his shop.
A lawyer came to the barber for a haircut, and again the barber efused payment saying, “I cannot accept money from you, for you are a good man - you serve the justice system.”
The next morning the barber found a dozen more lawyers waiting for a haircut.