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.