accused mass coat hanger thief
It’s hard not to enjoy it when a non-lawyer witness confounds a lawyer in court.
As such I really enjoyed this link sent to me by Tom (no website AFAIK) in which the hapless Mr Lovelace, barrister at law, attempts to cross-examine the crafty Arnold Chrysler, accused mass coat hanger thief (really), in the UK High Court.
A sample:
Counsel: Now, Mr Chrysler – for let us assume that that is your name – you are accused of purloining in excess of 40,000 hotel coat hangers.
Chrysler: I am.
Counsel: Can you explain how this came about?
Chrysler: Yes. I had 40,000 coats which I needed to hang up.
Counsel: Is that true?
Chrysler: No.
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