A defending attorney was cross examining a coroner. The attorney
asked, "Before you signed the death certificate had you taken the
man's pulse?" The coroner said, "No."
The attorney then asked, "Did you listen for a heart beat?", and again
the coroner said, "No."
Then the attorney asked, "Did you check for breathing?", and again the
coroner said, "No."
"So when you signed the death certificate you had not taken any steps
to make sure the man was dead, had you?"
The coroner, now tired of the brow beating said, "Well, let me put it
this way. The man's brain was sitting in a jar on my desk, but for all
I know he could be out there practicing law somewhere."
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