Policeman testifies in court....................


If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman.



He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The lawyer was trying to undermine the policeman's credibility...

Q: "Officer -- did you see my client fleeing the scene?"

A: "No sir. But I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away."

Q: "Officer -- who provided this description?"

A: "The officer who responded to the scene."

Q: "A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?"

A: "Yes, sir. With my life."

Q: "With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?"

A: "Yes sir, we do!"

Q: "And do you have a locker in the room?"

A: "Yes sir, I do."

Q: "And do you have a lock on your locker?"

A: "Yes sir."

Q: "Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?"

A: "You see, sir -- we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room."

The courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt recess was called.


The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's "Best Comeback" line -- and we think he'll win.



Dimitri

Nice!!! hey i trust certain folks with my life, the wife the kids, the dogs... but they will never get the keys to the motorcycle or the gunlocks!

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Morax wrote:

Nice!!! hey i trust certain folks with my life, the wife the kids, the dogs... but they will never get the keys to the motorcycle or the gunlocks!

Hey, got a shoe box of them gunlocks, want some more?

A similar thing happened in our town many years ago. An old Italian-American celery farmer sued the store that was built next door for flooding his garden. The store brought in a high-priced lawyer to represent them. In an effort to limit the store's liability the following exchange occurred on the stand:

Lawyer: Sir, what did you do with your property prior to this alleged flooding?

Farmer: I raised celerys.

Lawyer: You raised celerys. How many celerys would you say you raised?

Farmer: How many hairs you got onna you head?