Said in court...

Question 1. Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?

A: yes

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



Question 2. Q: Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather eleborate honeymoon, didnt you?

A: I went to Europe, Sir.

Q: And you took your new wife?



Question 3. Q: How was your first marriage terminated?

A: By death.

Q: And by whose death was it terminated?



Question 4. 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.



Question 5. Q: Can you describe the individual?

A: He was about medium height and had a beard.

Q: Was this a male or female?



Question 6. Q: Doctor how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?

A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.



Question 7. Q: All your responses must be oral, OK,? What school did you go to?

A: Oral



Question 8. Q: Do you recall the time 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.



Question 9. Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?



Question 10. Q:Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?

A: No.

Q: Did you check for blood pressure? A: No. Q: Did you check for breathing?

A: No.

Q: So it was possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?

A: No.

Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor? A: Because his brains was sitting on my desk in a jar.

Q: But could the patien have still been alive nevertheless?

A: It is possible that he coulkd have been alive and practicing law somewhere.



Question 11. Q: How many times have you committed suicide?



Question 12. Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?

A: Yes.

Q: What were you doing at the time?



Question 13. Q: She had three children right?

A: Yes.

Q: How many were boys?

A: none.

Q: Were there any girls?