Public Defender S01E14 Confession of Guilt

An attractive divorcee confesses to the slaying of her ex-husband. The public defender tries to prove that she killed him in self-defense. [RF]

1.14 [--] Public Defender: CONFESSION OF GUILT

10-Jun-195

Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Doe Avedon .......... Patricia
Don Haggerty ........ Selby
Gar Wood ............ Nevins

Synopsis 2:
Matthews tries to prove that a woman killed her husband in self-defense. [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)