The boy testified briefly about his life.
Ms. Prue testified briefly about her consultation with Ms. Tse on direct examination last week.
Lal Bibi, who appeared in court covered by a burqa, testified briefly but was so distraught and weeping so profusely that it was difficult to understand her words.
Miss Kondratjeva, who was an athlete before defecting six years ago, testified briefly for the prosecution at the espionage trial of Richard Miller, the first F.B.I. agent ever charged with spying.
A Soviet defector was arrested today as a suspect in the killing of his lover, a Soviet defector who testified briefly in the spying trial of a former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Ms. Phillips testified briefly for the defense today as it continued its campaign to portray Mr. Jenoff, who has pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in a plea deal with prosecutors, as a liar.
And when Rushton Skakel Sr., now 78 and suffering from dementia, testified briefly at the trial, Emanuel Margolies, a lawyer who represents Thomas Skakel, and is close to the entire Skakel family, leaned over in his front-row seat and was overheard whispering: "The story keeps changing".
Marciano, whose attorneys were not allowed to cross-examine witnesses, address the jury or give evidence, testified briefly.
Jacobs testified briefly Wednesday about a conversation in which Slatkin allegedly suggested he would try to blame the organization for his crimes.
And when Violet is supposed to testify briefly in Parliament about work at the laundry, circumstances conspire to have Maud, who has never spoken in public in her life, have a heart-to-heart chat with governmental leaders, including key minister David Lloyd George, about her life.
