Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

From William A. Bratton, III of Dallas, this excerpt from the examination of a government witness in a criminal case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Webster is questioning the witness about some tape-recorded conversations she had with the defendant:

Q. Ms. Spinks, in reference in the course of this transcript to them Hoes, in the course of that - context of that conversation, who is them Hoes refer to? Do you recall?

A. Them hoes?

Q. Yes. Do you remember reading that, hearing that portion of this conversation?

A. There is a lot of that in there, but which part are you specific talking about?

A. Let me find it for you. Very top of page of 54 where [the defendant] says, "I don't want that bitch to keep saying my name to them hoes?

A. Hoes, FBI.

Full post as published by Say What! on July 16, 2009 (boomark / email).