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MR. B ITTI1AN:

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Good afternoon, Your Honor.

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Surely. ( AT THE BENCH )

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Your Honor, as you probably read in the

Mr. Hunt's wife Dorothy was killed in an airplane

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we will be required to move for a severance on behalf of

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their motion· or letter in that matter--

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I would like a report as soon as I can getil·

one --sane. outstanding internal medical doctor.

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It is not an illness, Your Honor, it is

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I have no objection. We have no objection.

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