Cross-examining Lawyer Quotes in True Grit (2010)

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!

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.

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!

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.