Life's Too Serious...

30/06/2014

If you ever testify in court, you might wish you could be as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by the defence barrister. The barrister 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."