True Grit (2010)
Joe Stevens: Cross-examining Lawyer
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Cross-examining Lawyer : Mister Cogburn, in your four years as US Marshal, how many men have you shot?
Rooster Cogburn : Shot? Or killed?
Cross-examining Lawyer : Let us restrict it to killed so we may have a manageable figure!
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First Lawyer : Mr. Cogburn, did you find a bottle with a hundred and twenty-five dollars in it?
Cross-examining Lawyer : Objection your Honor, Leading
Judge Parker : Sustained. Rephrase the question.
First Lawyer : What happened then?
Rooster Cogburn : [slightly annoyed] I found a bottle with a hundred and twenty-five dollars in it.
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Cross-examining Lawyer : You sprang from cover with revolver in hand?
Rooster Cogburn : I did.
Cross-examining Lawyer : Loaded and cocked?
Rooster Cogburn : Well, if it ain't loaded and cocked, it don't shoot!
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Cross-examining Lawyer : So, you say that when Amos Wharton raised his axe, you backed away from him.
Rooster Cogburn : That's right.
Cross-examining Lawyer : In what direction were you going?
Rooster Cogburn : I always go backwards when I'm backing up.
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Rooster Cogburn : Well, Me and Marshal Potter went out to the smokehouse. And that rock had been moved, the jar with the money in it was gone.
Cross-examining Lawyer : Objection, speculative.
Judge Parker : Sustained.
First Lawyer : You found a flat grey rock, in the corner of the smoke house. With a hollowed out space there.
Cross-examining Lawyer : If the prosecutor is going to give evidence, I suggest he be sworn.
First Lawyer : What did you find, if anything, in the corner of that smokehouse?
Rooster Cogburn : We found a flat grey rock with a hollowed out space under it. Nothing there.