Public Defender S01E10 Let Justice Be Done

1.10 [--] Public Defender: LET JUSTICE BE DONE (aka "Cop Killer") [CK]

13-May-1954

Starring: Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Patrick O'Neal ........ Jim
Noel Neill ............ Betty
Skip Homeier .......... Conroy
Emlen Davies .......... Rena
Patrick Flaherty ...... Lt. Burrows
George Meader ......... Mr. Singer
Vernon Rich ........... Ken
Allene Roberts ........ Nora
George E. Stone ....... Tony
Mary Young ............ Mrs. Snyder
(imdb have - Betty Finley as Rosie)

Synopsis:
A youth faces the electric chair for killing a policeman in a liquor-store holdup. [RF]

Episode Information Courtesy:
ctva.biz/US/Legal/PublicDefender.htm



Series Premise:
The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley (1911-1974) as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent. The series aired from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half. When this series was created by Mort R. Lewis and Sam Shayon, the concept of the public defender was little known in the United States except in capital cases. The Public Defender purportedly based each episode on true cases, and each segment closes with a tribute to a public defender. Hadley portrays the stoic but driven public defender Bart Matthews, whose clients cannot otherwise afford expensive legal representation.

Series Info Courtesy:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Public_Defender_(TV_series)