The final extract from "Disorder in the american court of law"

LAWYER: ALL your answers MUST be oral, OK ? Which school did you go to ?
WITNESS: Oral.
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LAWYER: Do you remember the the at which you examined the body ?
WITNESS: The autopsy started at about 8.30
LAWYER: And Mr Denton had already died at that hour ?
WITNESS: Well, he was when i'd finished.
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LAWYER: Are you qualified to take urine samples ?
WITNESS: Are you qualified to pose that question ?
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LAWYER: Doctor, before carrying out the autopsie, had you checked for a pulse ?
WITNESS: No.
LAWYER: Did you check the blood pressure ?
WITNESS: No.
LAWYER: Did you check for any signs of breathing ?
WITNESS: No.
LAWYER: So, is it at all possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy ?
WITNESS: No.
LAWYER: How can you really be sure, Doctor ?
WITNESS: Because his brain was in a little jar on my desk.
LAWYER: I see. But, couldn't the patient have been, anyway, still alive ?
WITNESS: Yes, It's possible that he was still alive and was still carrying out his job as a lawyer.