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Public Defender in Action #8 (1956)

Charlton · 1956 · 36 pages

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Contains 5 stories
Plead Guilty
5.85 pp · crime

When an innocent man faces trial for embezzling forty thousand dollars, public defender Richard Manning refuses to accept the obvious guilt—even when the evidence seems stacked against his client, Ross Callan. Manning's investigation into the bank's records and the prosecutor's suspicious behavior uncovers a darker truth that could free an innocent man and expose the real thief. With time running out before trial, Manning must navigate threats, violence, and a desperate adversary to prove what he knows in his gut: Callan didn't take the money.

False Witness
5 pp · crime

Public Defender Richard Manning faces a tough case when his client, Ed Barry, is accused of a crooked stock deal—but Manning knows the prosecution's star witness, John Falkland, is lying under oath. Determined to expose the real culprit behind the frame-up, Manning digs deeper and discovers that crime boss Cesar Vejos is pulling the strings, and he won't hesitate to use violence to keep his scheme in place. As Manning closes in on the truth, he must outmaneuver Vejos's hired guns and gather the evidence needed to clear his client and bring the real guilty party to justice.

Tainted Evidence
6 pp · crime

When Patrolman Ed Renato finally catches the elusive Karger gang red-handed with stolen goods in their apartment, he's convinced he's broken the case—until the gang's lawyer reveals that every item on the table is legally owned by Karger himself, and the charges are dismissed. Humiliated but determined, Renato catches up with the gang again, this time with backup and irrefutable evidence, leading to the conviction that should have happened the first time around. A sharp lesson in the difference between suspicion and proof, told in the gritty streets of 1950s law enforcement.

Guilty as Charged
5 pp · crime

When bank auditors discover $30,000 missing, bank teller Al Kronin is arrested for grand larceny—but he insists vice president Fred Kerrigan is the real thief, trying to frame him to cover his gambling debts. Public defender Richard Manning takes the case and begins investigating, only to uncover a web of forged records and hidden motives that forces him to question everything he's been told. As the truth starts to emerge, Manning finds himself in a desperate race to stop the real culprit before justice lands on the wrong man.

Tough Cop
3 pp · crime

When a seemingly hardened cop named Dan Brady arrests a young robber—despite the victim's plea for leniency and the boy's mother's desperate intervention—his unwavering stance appears cruel, even heartless. But a sergeant's recollection reveals the tragedy that shaped Brady's iron will: years ago, he was forced to shoot his own son during a warehouse robbery, a wound that transformed him into a man determined to save other wayward youths through the harsh lesson of the law.

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