Public Defender S01E15 Hobo Story

A hobo is charged with kidnapping and beating a child. [RF]

1.15 [--] Public Defender: HOBO STORY

17-Jun-1954

Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Denver Pyle ........... George Hansen
Russ Conway ........... Sam Newit
Jeri Lou James ........ Julie Saunders
Louis Lettieri ........ Stanley McKnight
Phil Tead ............. Thomas Geer
Martha Wentworth ...... Ruby Jones
Peter Whitney ......... Freedom Wilson
Helen Winston ......... Mrs. Saunders
Gordon Barnes ......... Mr. Saunders
Len Hendry ............ Railroad Policeman

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)