A defending attorney was cross examining a coroner.The attorney asks, „Before you signed thedeath certificate had you taken the man’s pulse?“ The coroner says, „No.“ The attorney then asks, „Did you listen for a heart beat?“ „No.“ „So when you signed the death certificate you had not takenany steps to make sure the man was dead, had you?“ The corner, now tired of the brow beating says, „Well, let meput it this way. The man’s brain was sitting in a jar on mydesk, but for all I know he could be out there practicing lawsomewhere.“
