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| Testimony Test #2Sharon CharalichCopyright © 2003 Court Reporting HelpMarked in 20 words. This dictation is long enough for a 160 wpm test. This test is very easy. Find free tests, programs, drills, advice, MP3s, books and more at Court Reporting Help. Find Court Reporting Help at CourtReportingHelp.com. Q Would you state your name for the court and jury. A My name is John Davidson. Q Is that your full and / complete name? A Yes, sir, that is correct. Q Do you have a middle name? A No, sir. I do not have one. / John Davidson is my full name. Q Are you married at this time, sir? A Yes, sir, I am married. I have / been married to a wonderful woman for the past five years. Q What is the name of your wife? A Her name / is Susan. Q You have been married for five years. Do you have any children of this marriage, Mr. Davidson? A No, / sir, I do not have any children at this time. We plan to have one in a year or two. / Q Do you remember the car accident that you had back in 1999? I believe that it was in / March 1999. Do you remember that accident? A Yes, sir. I remember it very well. Q Can you state for / the court and jury what the weather was like on that day, if you can? A As I recall, it was / a very nice day. It was clear and the sky was blue with very few clouds. Q Do you remember whether / or not it had been clear all day long? A Yes, sir. I believe that we had had good weather for / that entire week. Q Were there many clouds in the sky at all on that day? A No, sir. As I said, / I believe that it was very clear. I don’t think that there were many clouds in the sky at all, / if I remember right. Q I don’t want you to guess about anything. If you are sure that the sky was / clear, please say so. If you are not sure that the sky was clear on that day, please say so. / We want you to testify to the best of your memory and to the best of your recollection, but we / do not want you to guess about this fact or that fact. A Well, it was clear. I remember that it / was clear on that day. Q Now let us talk about the street that you were on when the accident occurred. / Do you know whether the road was wet in any way? A No. We did not have any rain for about / a week. It was very warm even for that part of the year, and we did not have enough rain / for the month. I remember that the paper had said that we were well below the amount of rain that / we should get for that month. Q Mr. Davidson, I know that you are trying to give us the best answers / that you can to my questions, but I want you to try to answer each question as it is put / to you. Do not offer more information or tell us more about the case than you must. Just answer each / question as I pose it to you. We will get to each fact or part of the accident in due / time. A I am sorry. I don’t know much about the law and the court. This is the first time that / I have ever been a part of a trial. This is all very new to me. Q That is all right. / Just take it easy. We are here to ask you questions in order to find out about the case. We / will try to make it as easy as we can on you. A Thank you very much. I will try to / give you the answer in the way that you want it. Could you tell me the question again. I don’t / think that I remember it at this time. Q My last question was about the road that you were on at / the time of the accident. If I recall, you did answer it. You said that the road was not wet / in any way on that day. Is that correct? A Yes, sir. The road was dry and the sky was clear. / Q Do you remember if there were many cars on the road at the time of the accident? I am sorry. / Let me restate that question. Do you remember whether or not there were many cars on the road just before / the time of the accident? A I would say that it was a normal day. There were cars on the road, / but there were not too many at that time. Q How many cars would you say were on the road at / that time, if you remember? A Do you want to know how many were on the road right before the time / of the accident or how many were on the road that day? Q Let me break it down for you so / that we can get this very clear. As you came upon the scene of the accident, how many cars did / you see that were on the same road as you and that were on the same side of the road / going in the same direction as you. Do you recall how many there were? A I would have to say / that I remember that there was a car or two in front of me and there were a few cars / behind me at that time. Find free tests, programs, drills, advice, MP3s, books and more at Court Reporting Help. Find Court Reporting Help at CourtReportingHelp.com. |
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