crim case nos. 45303 & 45304
pp vs larrañaga et al                                        evidence for the prosecution test of t chiong cross
hearing august 19, 1998

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ATTY. TELERON: 

                 Your Honor, Mrs. Chiong is an intelligent witness. 

COURT:

ATTY.      No, I want to clarify. You want to hold the witness to a certain answer which she may
                 not have mean. You ask her the truth and we are not here to nail a witness to an answer
                 that she might have not meant. The Court is asking her the truth. That is why we want
                 her to explain or to clarify that answer.

/to the witness:

                 The Court is asking you, Mrs. Chiong, was your husband able to pick up your daughters
                 on July 16, 1997?

WITNESS: 

A             No, Your Honor. My husband was there but was not able to pick them up.        

COURT:
                Alright that is her answer.

Q             He went there to pick them up?   

A             Yes, Your Honor.                        

Q             Six-thirty (6:30) to seven (7:00) o'clock?   

A             Yes, Your Honor.                     

Q             But your daughters were not there?  

A             Yes, Your Honor.

Q            Therefore he was not able to pick them up?

A             Yes, Your Honor.

Q            What did your husband do when he was not able to pick them up?

A            At 7:30 he went home, Your Honor.

Q           At 7:30 they were not yet there he went home?  

(NOTE:  1. RED COLOR OURS FOR EMPHASIS.
               2. THE ABOVE TEXT IS A FAITHFUL REPRODUCTION OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT
                   REFORMATTED FOR  CLEARER APPRECIATION)