#courtroom

Mr Lorry asks the witness questions: Ever been kicked? Might have been. Frequently? No. Ever kicked down stairs? Decidedly not; once received a kick at the top of a staircase, and fell down stairs of his own accord. ↗

— Charles Dickens

#dickens #humor #lie #witness #humor

And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know. ↗

— Lance Ito

#american public #cameras #certain #courtroom #hide

Haldeman is the only man in America in this generation who let his hair grow for a courtroom appearance. ↗

— Mary McGrory

#appearance #courtroom #generation #grow #hair

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#evidence #hear #jail #jury #laughing

I know who I am, and I know who you are, and nothing else matters. it's how we live our life. ↗

— Tal McThenia

#identity #kidnapping #true-story #life

To this it must be added, that life in a wig is to a large class of people much more terrifying and impressive than life with its own head of hair … ↗

— Charles Dickens

#life

A lawyer's performance in the courtroom is responsible for about 25 percent of the outcome; the remaining 75 percent depends on the facts. ↗

— Melvin Belli

#courtroom #depends #facts #lawyer #outcome

Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#courtroom #goes #justice #nothing #out

I'd like to do my first record I ever made, A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye. ↗

— Patsy Cline

#courtroom #ever #first #goodbye #i

Money will determine whether the accused goes to prison or walks out of the courtroom a free man. ↗

— Johnnie Cochran

#courtroom #determine #free #free man #goes