Fri, Oct 2, 1959
Harry Connors goes on trial for the fatal beating of a wealthy businessman, and despite the fact that four eyewitnesses say they saw him do it, he is found innocent and set free. Although the public is outraged at this seeming miscarriage of justice, Herb Maris begins to have strong doubts about the man's guilt and begins to investigate the case himself.
Fri, Oct 9, 1959
Maris is called into the case of Tom Sheppard six weeks after the young man was convicted of murdering an ex-girlfriend. An old lady across the street says she saw him chase the woman out of a bar and whack her in the head with a rock. As he investigates, Herb finds that medical officials were not asked relevant questions during the trial, the dead girl had a prior medical condition that no one bothered to inquire about, and the busybody witness made assumptions about what she'd seen.
Fri, Oct 16, 1959
Lt. Weston isn't convinced that Ed Reed, being convicted of killing a woman he's been seen with, is actually guilty. The despondent Reed tells Maris that he's innocent of murder, but admits he tried to burn down his own house--not to destroy evidence, but because he needs the insurance money.
Fri, Nov 13, 1959
Maris resigns in disgust as council for a company taken over by sleazy businessman Rex Marsden. To break a contract he doesn't like, Marsden sets up a contractor to be arrested on assault charges. Now a free agent, Maris works to clear the contractor and make sure the contract is fulfilled.
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Fri, Nov 20, 1959
A criminal storms into Maris' office and demands at gunpoint that he get a writ of habeas corpus to have his brother released from police custody. He holds Maris, his assistant Hal and Hal's wife hostage. Maris hopes Lt. Weston realizes something is amiss and comes to their rescue.
Fri, Nov 27, 1959
Jazz musician Dave Parnell is charged with the murder of his girlfriend, a popular guitarist. Dave believes he did it since he was found passed out by her body with a bloody knife in his hand, but he doesn't actually remember. He was loopy with sleeping pills prescribed for his insomnia. Maris looks into who would benefit from the girlfriend being dead.
Fri, Dec 4, 1959
A shipment of steel tubing fails on the job and the precision machinist who worked on the project is fired. He's also charged with murdering his supervisor afterward in a fit of anger. Believing Kazner's incapable of such shoddy workmanship, Maris begins asking questions. He uncovers an "inside job" with several managers buying cheap-grade steel, billing the company as if it were top notch, and pocketing the difference.
Fri, Dec 11, 1959
Ex-con Frank Harbach comes to Herb Maris when a couple of old prison mates pay him a visit. The thugs force him to hold the $30,000 they stole in a robbery, or they'll implicate him in their crime and do harm to his wife. When the pair comes to collect their cash, they discover it missing; Frank's wife had turned it over to her father, a cop. The desperate duo take Frank and Herb hostage. Alarmed by Maris' failure to show up at his office, Lt. Weston jumps into action to save his friend.
Fri, Dec 18, 1959
Teenager Steven Lloyd, unable to repay loan sharks, gives them the keys to his father's car. When one of the crooks commits a hit-and-run while at the wheel, Steven's father is charged with the crime. Maris takes on the case since the accused is one of his old college professors, and finds the sharks are doing a bumper business claiming cars as payment.
Fri, Dec 25, 1959
Tom Nelson is eloping with his girl, Alice, when they have an accident in the car he rented. Police find drugs on the vehicle and Tom is charged. Despite a youth record, Maris believes the young man has cleaned up his act and is innocent. The counselor focuses on the car rental company and the shady characters who own and operate it.