I thought, from the episodes I have seen, that this was an excellent series that took a more compassionate look and tried to show how innocent people could look guilty when circumstantial evidence was all the police had. John Douchette played Lt. Jim Weston, a tough no nonsense policeman who, every episode, is forced to eat his words when when attorney Herbert L. Maris (played by Macdonald Carey) shows him that the person he has usually pounced on as being guilty in the first five minutes is really an innocent bystander. Based on the case histories of a prominent attorney, every episode Herbert L. Maris is drawn into a criminal case because of his uncanny ability of character reading and knowing when a person is telling the truth. His creed is "a person is innocent until proved guilty" and even though I haven't seen a lot of episodes, I have seen enough to know that this is an above average crime series. Most of the episodes I have seen have been written by Robert Bloch, author of "Psycho".
Another big plus are the guest stars, they are a mix of up and coming stars (Mary Tyler Moore), old timers (Jackie Coogan) and others who should have had bigger careers than they did (Wanda Hendrix and June Vincent who was memorable in 1946's "Black Angel" and then just seemed to disappear). "The Case of Nan Havens" featured Mary Tyler Moore as an innocent young girl caught up in her sleazy boyfriend's espionage activities, "Society Doctor" was about the death of a doctor's wife and focused on his receptionist who had an unhealthy hero worship of the doctor - the surprise was that she was not the killer!!!
Another big plus are the guest stars, they are a mix of up and coming stars (Mary Tyler Moore), old timers (Jackie Coogan) and others who should have had bigger careers than they did (Wanda Hendrix and June Vincent who was memorable in 1946's "Black Angel" and then just seemed to disappear). "The Case of Nan Havens" featured Mary Tyler Moore as an innocent young girl caught up in her sleazy boyfriend's espionage activities, "Society Doctor" was about the death of a doctor's wife and focused on his receptionist who had an unhealthy hero worship of the doctor - the surprise was that she was not the killer!!!