Public Defender S02E22 Your Witness

2.22 [48] Public Defender: YOUR WITNESS
(possible aka "The People versus Carl Novak")

27Jan55

Starring: Reed Hadley (as Bart Matthew)

Walter Coy .......... Novak
Virginia Gregg ...... Judge Knox
Parley Baer ......... Carr

Synopsis:
Matthews tries to free a man sent to prison on a second-degree murder charge. [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)