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Episode Title, Short Synopsis and transmission date

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Episode ID 1/0743/0191

Episode Title THE DOGS

First TX Date 02/01/1974

William Broad is charged with conspiring to defraud contrary to common law

in that he did conspire with a person or persons unknown to defraud Ronald William Charles

and others by manipulating the odds on the totaliser at Park Royal Racing Stadium. He

pleads not guilty. In this episode we hear the evidence of Charles and of Doreen Tring who is

a "seller" at the stadium.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0192

Episode Title THE DOGS

First TX Date 03/01/1974

William Broad is charged with conspiracy to defraud by manipulating the odds

on the totaliser at a Dog Racing Stadium. He pleaded nt guilty. In this episode we hear

evidence from Doreen Tring who is a seller at the stadium, from

a punter, from the Manageress of the stadium, from the defendant and from a witness at the

stadium.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0193

Episode Title THE DOGS

First TX Date 04/01/1974

William Broad charged with conspiracy to defraud by manipulating the

totaliser at a Dog Racing Stadium had pleaded not guilty. In this final episode we hear the

evidence of the Defendant and of Patrick Mcginty a witness

from the stadium. Then the summing up. The defendant is found guilty.


                                                  

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Episode ID 1/0743/0194

Episode Title FURTHER CHARGES

First TX Date 09/01/1974

Peter Elgar has been arraigned on two charges. To the first a charge of

attempting to obtain money by deception he has pleaded guilty. To the second he has

Pleaded not guilty. To the second he has pleaded not guilty. That of Arson.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0195

Episode Title FURTHER CHARGES

First TX Date 10/01/1974

In the court yesterday Peter Elgar has pleaded guilty to a charge of

attempting to obtain money by deception and confessed to making false statements in an

insurance claim. He now faces further charges of having set fire to his shop premises

thereby damaging the property of the tenants above. The prosecution has just called its third

witness whose name when it was called seemed to take the defendant by surprise.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0196

Episode Title FURTHER CHARGES

First TX Date 11/01/1974

In the case of the Queen against Elgar has pleaded guilty to the first

charge of attempting to obtain money by deception. He now faces further charges in

connection with a fire at his shop.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0197

Episode Title HIDDEN SCARS

First TX Date 16/01/1974

Major James Fowkes is employed as bursar to a trust set up for the care of

Epileptics. He is on trial accused of stealing Trust Funds. Day one of the trial.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0198

Episode Title HIDDEN SCARS

First TX Date 17/01/1974

Major James Fowkes is employed as bursar to a trust set up for the care of

Epileptics. He is on trial accused of stealing Trust Funds.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0199

Episode Title HIDDEN SCARS

First TX Date 18/01/1974

Major James Fowkes is employed as bursar to a trust set up for the care of

Epileptics. He is on trial accused of stealing Trust Funds.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0200

Episode Title WITH MENACES

First TX Date 23/01/1974

A Pakistani, Agha Ali, living in Fulchester has confessed that he is an illegal

Immigrant. He claims that he is being blackmailed and another Pakistani, Mohammed Aslam,

has been arrested on this charge. He has pleaded Not Guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0201

Episode Title WITH MENACES

First TX Date 24/01/1974

The trial continues of Mohammed Aslam, a Pakistani accused of blackmailing

another Pakistani Agha ali. The witness in the stand at the moment is Thomas Wheeler, a

fisherman.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0202

Episode Title WITH MENACES

First TX Date 25/01/1974

The final stages of the trial in which Mohammed Aslam is accused of

blackmailing a fellow-Pakistani, Agha Ali. We return to the hearing just after the Prosecution

Counsel has established that Aslam had previously served a term of imprisonment for

blackmail.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0203

Episode Title DO YOUR WORST

First TX Date 30/01/1974

3 professional footballers for Fulchester Rovers are accused of deliberately

playing badly in order to get rid of their manager Alexsander Gruba. They are Bernard

Skelhorn, James Mciver and Peter Appledene.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0204

Episode Title DO YOUR WORST

First TX Date 31/01/1974

Case against 3 footballers conspiring to get rid of their manager. The case

continues.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0205

Episode Title DO YOUR WORST

First TX Date 01/02/1974

Case against 3 footballers conspiring to get rid of their manager. The case

continues.

Verdict: Guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0206

Episode Title THE FLIGHT OF THE LAPWING

First TX Date 06/02/1974

A light aircraft crashed near Fulchester Aerodrome. The pilot, property

Edward Cummings, survived. His two passengers were killed. Mrs Erica Simon, widow of one

of the passengers accused Edward Cummings of criminal responsibility for the death of her

husband in a document issued at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Mr Cummings property

company. Subsequently Cummings has brought a libel action against Mrs Simon. Today the

case of Cummings V Simon begins in Fulchester Crown Court.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0207

Episode Title THE FLIGHT OF THE LAPWING

First TX Date 07/02/1974

A light aircraft crashed. The two passengers were killed. Only the pilot Edward

Cummings survived. What was the cause of the crash? Mrs Simon, the widow of one of the

passengers voiced her suspicions. This is the second day of the libel case - Cummings V

Simon - held in Fulchester Crown Court.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0208

Episode Title THE FLIGHT OF THE LAPWING

First TX Date 08/02/1974

Three people were in twin-engine Lapwing aircraft that crashed. Property

tycoon, Louis Simon and Mrs Hammond were the passengers. They were killed. The pilot,

Edward Cummings, unsuccessful property developer survived. The cause of the crash is one

of the questions that the jury must answer on this the last day of the case of Cummings V

Simon, which is held in the Fulchester Crown Court.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0212

Episode Title THE GETAWAY

First TX Date 13/02/1974

Forty year old clerk Philip McDowell is charged with abducting a fourteen year

old school girl Fiona Sumner.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0209

Episode Title TRAFFIC WARDENS DAUGHTER

First TX Date 13/02/1974

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Episode ID 1/0743/0213

Episode Title THE GETAWAY

First TX Date 14/02/1974

Forty-year old bank clerk Philip McDowell is accused of abducting fourteen

year old school girl Fiona Sumner and taking her to Scotland. The case continues.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0210

Episode Title TRAFFIC WARDENS DAUGHTER

First TX Date 14/02/1974

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Episode ID 1/0743/0214

Episode Title THE GETAWAY

First TX Date 15/02/1974

Forty year old bank clerk Philip McDowell is accused of abducting fourteen

year old school girl and taking her to Scotland. The trial continues.

Verdict is Not Guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0211

Episode Title TRAFFIC WARDENS DAUGHTER

First TX Date 15/02/1974

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Episode ID 1/0743/0215

Episode Title THE WOMEN LEAST LIKELY

First TX Date 20/02/1974

Irene Rutland is forty-five years old, a widow with one daughter. She is a

Successful Public Relations officer with a large publishing firm, a respectable member of the

community. In fact, she never put a foot wrong until one evening in November, when, after a

long and tiring day a t the office, she decided to eat out - with disastrous consequences.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0216

Episode Title THE WOMEN LEAST LIKELY

First TX Date 21/02/1974

The charges against Irene Rutland include wounding a police officer and

damage to property... all arising from a chance visit to a local restaurant. We have heard

accounts of her behaviour there from the injured policeman, the owner of the restaurant and

his waitress. Now we hear what happened at a public house earlier the same evening, adding

another charge of theft to the list.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0217

Episode Title THE WOMEN LEAST LIKELY

First TX Date 22/02/1974

There are many doubts in the minds of the people in the Crown Court today.

Doubts as to whether Irene Rutland really stole a handbag no one saw her and if she intended

to injure the policeman who was arresting her for something she denies she did. Although

much of the evidence is circumstantial the arm of coincidence can only stretch so far.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0218

Episode Title A CASE OF MURDER

First TX Date 27/02/1974

Kenneth Povey and Margaret Ellen Povey are accused of the murder of

Charles Oldbury and also of conspiring to forge a codicil to Mr Oldbury's will. Mr Osprey,

Oldbury's solicitor and Leonard Saxton, his clerk, give their evidence.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0219

Episode Title A CASE OF MURDER

First TX Date 28/02/1974

Kennneth Povey and his wife are accused of the murder of Charles Oldbury.

The Defence Counsel causes a stir when she suggests that Dr Fulmer, who attend Mr

Oldbury' s death, might have been responsible for his death.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0220

Episode Title A CASE OF MURDER

First TX Date 01/03/1974

Kenneth Povey and Margaret Povey take the witness stand and the verdict is

given. Kenneth Povey is found not guilty on both charges and Margaret Povey is found guilty

on both charges and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0221

Episode Title THE ASSAULT ON CHOGA SAR

First TX Date 06/03/1974

The First day of the libel case Bowman V Wainwright in which Capt. Piers

Bowman blames the death of two climbers on the Choga Sar Mountain in the Himalayas on

the cowardice and irresponsibility on Dennis Wainwright, a well-Known mountaineer and

personality.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0222

Episode Title THE ASSAULT ON CHOGA SAR

First TX Date 07/03/1974

The second day of the libel case Bowman V Wainwright in which Capt. Piers

Bowman blames the death of two climbers on the Choga Sar Mountain in the Himalayas on

the cowardice and irresponsibility on Dennis Wainwright, a well-Known mountaineer and

personality.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0223

Episode Title THE ASSAULT ON CHOGA SAR

First TX Date 08/03/1974

The final day of the libel case Bowman V Wainwright in which Capt. Piers

Bowman accuses Dennis Wainwright, well-known mountaineer of irresponsibility and

cowardice on the expedition to climb Choga Sar, a peak in the Himalayas, in causing the

death of two of his fellow climbers.

The Jury find in favour of Dennis Wainwright and ward him £23,000 damages.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0224

Episode Title DURESS

First TX Date 13/03/1974

In September last year, James Mallard appeared before the Fulchester

Magistrates Court on a charge of taking and driving away a motor vehicle without the consent

of the owner, his doctor. When he appeared he pleaded guilty and the case was remanded for

14 days. When he appeared on the remanded date, he changed his mind and elected to go

for trial. The case is now being heard before the Crown Court. The prosecution have alleged

that Mallard having quarrelled with his doctor, in a fit of temper, drove the doctor's car away.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0225

Episode Title DURESS

First TX Date 14/03/1974

James Mallard has pleaded not guilty to taking and driving away a motor

Vehicle without the consent of its owner. Yesterday his defence counsel revealed that if

Mallard is found guilty of this offence he will probably be returned to Borstal or to prison.

Defence Counsel contend that Mallard would not have been apprehended for this offence

were he not a person with previous convictions. Sergeant Atrass, the arresting officer was

asked to describe the events that led to his confrontation with Mallard as he was leaving a

local cinema.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0226

Episode Title DURESS

First TX Date 15/03/1974

James Mallard has pleaded not guilty to taking and driving away a motor car

belonging to his doctor. Mallard confessed to the crime after being questioned at the police

station for 3 hours, but subsequently withdrew his confession, which, he says, was dictated to

him by Sergeant Atrass. Now the defence is calling evidence in support of his claim that

Sergeant Atrass puts words into people's mouths. Mallard says he was with a girl friend, but

she has not come forward. The prosecution say that she does not exist, except in Mallard's

imagination.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0227

Episode Title THIRTY THOUSAND PIECES OF SILVER

First TX Date 20/03/1974

Lance Porter, a pop musician, is seeking a declaration that his father the Rev.

Fortescue Porter obtained from him by fraud the copyright of a musical work " Jesus Baby."

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Episode ID 1/0743/0228

Episode Title THIRTY THOUSAND PIECES OF SILVER

First TX Date 21/03/1974

The second day of the case of Porter against Porter. Lance Porter is suing his

Father to whom he made an outright gift of the copyright of his play which has made quarter of

a million pounds.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0229

Episode Title THIRTY THOUSAND PIECES OF SILVER

First TX Date 22/03/1974

The final day of the case. The Rev. Porter denies that before he was given the

copyright of the play there was an understanding that he would give the proceeds to Lance if

he ever needed it. The jury decide for the Plaintiff, Lance Porter and the copyright of the play

is returned to him.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0230

Episode Title NUTS

First TX Date 27/03/1974

Charles Holloway is accused of the murder of two mental defectives, Mavis

Burger and Elizabeth Watson who loved in the block of flats above him. They kept a

menagerie of animals, including a goat, in the flat and made the lives of the Holloways a

misery by constant noise from television and radio and banging doors and general noise and

general abuse. The trial is in its first day.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0231

Episode Title NUTS

First TX Date 28/03/1974

Charles Holloway is accused of the murder of two mentally defective women

who lived in the flat above his. These women kept a menagerie of animals, including a goat

and made the lives of the Holloways a misery by constant noise and abuse. The defence is

one of diminshed responsibility. The trial is now in it's second day.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0232

Episode Title NUTS

First TX Date 29/03/1974

This is the final day of the trial of Charles Holloway, accused of the murder of

two mental defective women who lived in the flat above his. These two women were shot dead

and had been making the lives of Holloway and his wife an absolute misery with contant noise

and abuse resulting in his wife having a nervous breakdown. The defence is one of diminshed

responsibility.

Verdict: Not guilty of murder but Guilty of manslaughter.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0233

Episode Title CONFINE TO SOLITARY

First TX Date 03/04/1974

William Hogarth, a prison officer, was found in one of the prison washrooms

with a severely injured prisoner, and was subsequently charged with wounding with intent to

cause grievous bodily harm to Mick Johnson. Hogarth claims that it was another prisoner

Victor Snead who had beaten up Johnson as part of a deliberate scheme to frame Hogarth.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0234

Episode Title CONFINE TO SOLITARY

First TX Date 04/04/1974

William Hogarth, a prison officer was found in one of the prison washrooms

with a severely injured prisoner and was subsequently charged with wounding with intent to

cause grievous bodily harm to Mick Johnson. Hogarth claims that it was another prisoner

Victor Snead who had beaten up Johnson as a part of a deliberate scheme to frame Hogarth.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0235

Episode Title CONFINE TO SOLITARY

First TX Date 05/04/1974

William Hogarth, a prison officer, was found in one of the prison washrooms

with a severely injured prisoner, and was subsequently charged with wounding with intent to

cause grievous bodily harm to Mick Johnson. Hogarth claims that it was another prisoner

Victor Snead who had beaten up Johnson as part of a deliberate scheme to frame Hogarth.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0236

Episode Title BIG ANNIE

First TX Date 10/04/1974

Annie Robertson has brought an action for libel against Stephen Ash, a social

security officer working for the Department of Health and Social Security. She alleges that

certain official reports made by Ash, which led to her social security benefits being withdrawn,

were defamatory and malicious.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0237

Episode Title BIG ANNIE

First TX Date 11/04/1974

Annie Robertson has brought an action for libel against Stephen Ash, a social

Security officer working for the Department of Health and Social Security. She alleges that

certain official reports made by Ash, which led to her social security benefits being withdrawn,

were defamatory and malicious.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0238

Episode Title BIG ANNIE

First TX Date 12/04/1974

Annie Robertson has brought an action for libel against Stephen Ash, a social

Security officer working for the Department of Health and Social Security. She alleges that

certain official reports made by Ash, which led to her social security benefits being withdrawn,

were defamatory and malicious.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0239

Episode Title FALLING STARS

First TX Date 17/04/1974

Journalist Derek Glynn has written an article in a review called "The Green",

for a play called "Boobs" which middle-aged actress Sarah Leigh is doing as a come-back.

Also in the play is a young actress called Patricia Drake. During the course of the play Sarah

Leigh alters her performance when playing a scene with Patricia and Patricia makes a mess

of her own performance. The producer of the play is watching and Patricia gets the sack.

Derek Glynn says that Sarah Leigh changed her performance deliberately to get the younger

actress sacked. Sarah Leigh denies this and has brought this libel action against Derek Glynn.

Derek Glynn is in the witness box.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0240

Episode Title FALLING STARS

First TX Date 18/04/1974

The second day of the case Leigh versus Glynn. Middle-aged star Sarah

Leigh has brought a libel action against journalist Derek Glynn, who is reviewing the play in

which she was making a come-back said that she deliberately changer her performance in

order that new comer Patricia Drake gets the sack, because the younger actress is stealing

the show from her. Ben Hagerty, the playwright is in the witness box.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0241

Episode Title FALLING STARS

First TX Date 19/04/1974

Sarah Leigh, a middle-aged actress making a comeback after a absence of

twelve years from the theatre, has brought a libel action against journalist Derek Glynn. Glynn

has accused Miss Leigh in a review of her play of deliberately altering her performance and

thus causing newcomer Patricia Drake to make a mess of her performance and be sacked

from the production. Miss Leigh is in the witness box and it is the final day of the trial.

Verdict: For Sarah Leigh, £5 damages.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0242

Episode Title SON AND HEIR

First TX Date 24/04/1974

Lord Sebatian Piers Carvell stands indicted on two counts; on the first count

he is charged with theft in that on the 18th November 1973 at Shotley Hall Hapford, he

stole$250,000 in notes from his mother Lady Carvell; on the second count he is charged with

aiding and abetting persons unknown to steal the money. He has pleaded not guilty to both

charges and the prosecution have brought to the stand his mother, Lady Carvell.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0243

Episode Title SON AND HEIR

First TX Date 25/04/1974

Yesterday in the Crown Court, Lady Carvell gave evidence on the theft from

her safe of $250,000 in notes. In the dock is her son Lord Carvell accused of both theft and of

aiding and abetting the theft. At yesterday's hearing, defence counsel, sought to prove that

Lady Carvell may have been biased against her son by her dislike of his mistress, Amarylis

Roper. The prosecution have now called a forensic scientist to the witness box to give expert

opinion on evidence found at the scene of the crime.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0244

Episode Title SON AND HEIR

First TX Date 26/04/1974

In the case of the queen against Carvell, the Crown alleges that Lord Carvell

faked his own kidnapping with a view to the theft, aiding and abetting the theft, of the ransom

money from his mother, Lady Carvell. Lord Carvell has asserted thet the kidnapping was

genuine and the prosecution is now about to cross-examine him. The defence are to call an

additional witness Miss Amarylis Roper. Miss Roper was the accused mistress, and it has

been alleged that her political views may well have helped to alienate Lady Carvell from her

son.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0245

Episode Title DEATH IN THE FAMILY

First TX Date 01/05/1974

Francis Arthur Durrant is accused of murdering his wife by suffocation, or did

she die after taking a lethal mixture of drugs and alcohol. The jury has to decide whether it

was a case of suicide or murder.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0246

Episode Title DEATH IN THE FAMILY

First TX Date 02/05/1974

Francis Arthur Durrant is accused of murdering his wife by suffocation, or did

she die after taking a lethal mixture of drugs and alcohol. The jury has to decide whether it

was a case of suicide or murder.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0247

Episode Title DEATH IN THE FAMILY

First TX Date 03/05/1974

Francis Arthur Durrant is accused of murdering his wife by suffocation, or did

she die after taking a lethal mixture of drugs and alcohol. The jury has to decide whether it

was a case of suicide or murder.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0248

Episode Title MINNIE

First TX Date 08/05/1974

Minnie Biddulph is a white child who has been fostered out to black parents,

Raymond and Josephine Barlow. She has been with the Barlows for 3 1/2 years, now her

natural mother Mrs Biddulph wants her back.

Raymond Barl;ow took the little girl to London for a few days break and has been accused of

child stealing. He is in the dock and Det Sgt Buzzard, who arrested him and the Director of

Social Services for Fulchester, Miss Prossit are giving evidence for the prosecution.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0249

Episode Title MINNIE

First TX Date 09/05/1974

The 2nd day of the Queen versus Barlow.

Raymond Barlow, the defendant in this case has been accused of child-stealing. He is a west

Indian and for the 3 1/2 years he and his wife have been foster parents to Minnie Biddulph,

Whose mother has been incapable of looking after. Minnies mother a widow, is soon to remarry

and wants Minnie back. Raymond Barlow took the child to London for a few days for a

break. Mrs Biddulph gives evidence and also a black social worker, Elizabeth Leighton-Smith

who is sympathetic to the Barlows. Raymond Barlow gives evidence towards the end of part

two.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0250

Episode Title MINNIE

First TX Date 10/05/1974

The final day of the Queen versus Barlow, in which black garage owner took

his white foster child of 3 1/2 years standing away to London. He is charged with child stealing.

The child, Minnie has been happy with the Barlows but her widowed mother Mrs

Biddulph wants her back as she is shortly to re-marry. Josephine Barlow, the wife of the

Defendant gives her evidence.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0251

Episode Title VERMIN

First TX Date 15/05/1974

The case of R v Brimmer - The first day of the trial in Fulchester Court - Paul

Brimmer is charged with attempted murder and with wounding with intent to cause grievous

bodily harm to Sean Jameson a young Irishman who had been squatting in his cottage on his

land.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0252

Episode Title VERMIN

First TX Date 16/05/1974

The second day of the case R v Brimmer.

Brimmer admits to shooting Jameson but maintains that he mistook him for a fox. The

defence counsel has come up with the information that Jameson had a police record for

vagrancy and that Angela Bourke his girlfriend was an ex heroin addict.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0253

Episode Title VERMIN

First TX Date 17/05/1974

The trial of farmer Paul Brimmer enters its final day in the Crown Court -

Brimmer has been charged with attempted murder and wounding with intent to cause grievous

Bodily harm.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0254

Episode Title SOUTH TOWER

First TX Date 22/05/1974

One of the retaining columns of a newly-opened shopping centre collapsed

Killing eight people. Mr Joseph Carney, site agent is accused of murder or manslaughter. The

centre was built of a new material, King Kong Muscle (KK9), which was supposedly of added

strength, and hence very expensive. Mr Carney was very critical of the so-called socialist

principles used by the Swedish architect John Claudius in the construction, and appeared very

agitated when Mr Claudius visited him on the site. Ambrose Sefton, Chairman of the

Committee which commissioned Claudius says that when he visited the site on the day of the

Accident, Carney criticised the political motivation of the building.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0255

Episode Title SOUTH TOWER

First TX Date 23/05/1974

Sefton suggests that Carney had been drunk and deliberately sabotaged the

project. When one consignment of KK9 was returned to the manufacturers, he had pressed

the builders not to replace earlier batches, which made up the South Tower, which had

collapsed. Wilfrid Minto, Production Manager of the firm which produces KK9 tells the Court

that one specimen failed to register required strength on testing. Brenda Carney, Jos wife,

reports that she left her husband on the morning of the refection of the South Tower on

account of his half-baked political ideas. When she met him later he had threatened to "Get

his own back on them"............

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Episode ID 1/0743/0256

Episode Title SOUTH TOWER

First TX Date 24/05/1974

Joe Carney objected to the Pendadome as a "Waste of rate payers money".

He disputed the Agreements Boards specification for the product, and blamed this for the

accident. He denied his wifes departure affected his work. The prosecution maintains that he

was grossly negligent in supervising the construction of the South Tower or that he deliberately

Sabotaged the project because he despised the architects political motivation. Mrs Ryder is

the General Manager of the building contractors. She had wanted to return the whole delivery

of KK9, when she heard they had discovered a fault. Mr Sefton persuaded her not to. she now

believes also that KK9 was responsible for the collapse.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0257

Episode Title TRIANGLE

First TX Date 29/05/1974

Gerald Prosser and Beryl Jackson stand accused of the murder of Terence

Finlay, who was a lodger in Beryl Jackson's house. This is the opening day of the trial at

Fulchester Crown Court.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0258

Episode Title TRIANGLE

First TX Date 30/05/1974

Beryl Jackson and Gerlad Prosser stand accused of the murder of Terence

Finlay, who used to lodge in Beryk Jackson's house in Fulchester. This is the second day of

the case in the Crown Court.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0259

Episode Title TRIANGLE

First TX Date 31/05/1974

Beryl Jackson and Gerlad Prosser stand accused of the murder of Terence

Finlay, who used to lodge in Beryk Jackson's house in Fulchester. This is the third and final

day of the case in the Crown Court.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0260

Episode Title VICTIMS OF PREJUDICE

First TX Date 05/06/1974

Crown Court - Queen V Clark, Cox abd Hamilton.

Malcolm Winfield a wealthy businessman and well-Known Fulchester personality - was

Attacked walking home across Carlton Park - in his company was Ronald Hamilton. - The

prosecution case is that Winfield was lured into the park and assaulted by Clark and Cox.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0261

Episode Title VICTIMS OF PREJUDICE

First TX Date 06/06/1974

Malcolm winfield was attacked and robbed of a wallet in Carlton Park his

companion Ronald Hamilton escaped scot-free and unharmed. The prosecution allege that

Hamilton assisted Clark and Cox in the Robbery - Detective Inspector McGovern is in the

Witness box.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0262

Episode Title VICTIMS OF PREJUDICE

First TX Date 07/06/1974

The final day of Queen V Clark, Cox and Hamilton.

Ronald Hamilton made a statement to the police admitting he was intimidated into helping

Cox and Clark rob Malcolm Winfield, he now maintains he only made the statement because

he thought, that he would not be liable to prosecution. The case now continues.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0264

Episode Title BABY FARM

First TX Date 12/06/1974

Sylvia Spencer, a young girl from Birmingham came to Fulchester last year,

wanting an abortion. Dr Jonathan Francis advised her to have the baby, assuring her that he

could arrange adoption. After the baby was born he placed it with another of his patients, Mrs

Hine who paid him £2,000. Any payment for adoption services is illegal if the adoption

is in any way conditional on that transaction. It is alleged that Mrs Hine was deceived into paying

the money.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0263

Episode Title BABY FARM

First TX Date 12/06/1974

Sylvia Spencer, a young girl from Birmingham came to Fulchester last year,

wanting an abortion. Dr Jonathan Francis advised her to have the baby, assuring her that he

could arrange adoption. After the baby was born he placed it with another of his patients, Mrs

Hine who paid him £2,000. Any payment for adoption services is illegal if the adoption

is in any way conditional on that transaction. It is alleged that Mrs Hine was deceived into paying

the money.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0265

Episode Title BABY FARM

First TX Date 14/06/1974

Sylvia Spencer, a young girl from Birmingham came to Fulchester last year,

wanting an abortion. Dr Jonathan Francis advised her to have the baby, assuring her that he

could arrange adoption. After the baby was born he placed it with another of his patients, Mrs

Hine who paid him £2,000. Any payment for adoption services is illegal if the adoption

is in any way conditional on that transaction. It is alleged that Mrs Hine was deceived into paying

the money.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0266

Episode Title FOR THE GOOD OF MANY

First TX Date 19/06/1974

The headmaster of Laston Residential School for handicapped children is

accused of ill-treating a boy with cerebral palsy, Tom Rigby. The schools deputy head, Helen

Piper is the main witness for the prosecution and she strongly disagrees with the way in which

the school is run.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0267

Episode Title FOR THE GOOD OF MANY

First TX Date 20/06/1974

The headmaster of Laston Residential School for handicapped children is

accused of ill-treating a boy with cerebral palsy, Tom Rigby. The schools deputy head, Helen

Piper is the main witness for the prosecution and she strongly disagrees with the way in which

the school is run.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0268

Episode Title FOR THE GOOD OF MANY

First TX Date 21/06/1974

The headmaster of Laston Residential School for handicapped children is

accused of ill-treating a boy with cerebral palsy, Tom Rigby. The schools deputy head, Helen

Piper is the main witness for the prosecution and she strongly disagrees with the way in which

the school is run.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0269

Episode Title HOW TO ROB A MEMORY BANK

First TX Date 26/06/1974

Samuel Warren is accused of using his employers computer for his own gain

and accruing the amount of £125,000.58 - the first day of the case in Fulchester crown

court.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0270

Episode Title HOW TO ROB A MEMORY BANK

First TX Date 26/06/1974

The second day of Queen V Warren is accused of fraudulent use of his

employers computer. Harold Swenloft  Warrens boss is next to give evidence.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0271

Episode Title HOW TO ROB A MEMORY BANK

First TX Date 28/06/1974

The last day of Queen V Warren.

Warren does not deny using the computer but has refused to make a statement, and is

pleading not guilty to the charge of dishonestly falsifying accounts.

Verdict: Not Guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0272

Episode Title THE WRECKING OF THE TEDMAR

First TX Date 03/07/1974

The Yachtsman Insurance Agency is being sued by Edward Blaney for

£25,000 - the amount for which Mr Blaneys boat, The Tedmar, is insured. Mr Blaney

testifies that the engine failed and he accepted a tow from Major Trussler - on the way home

the boat sank. Defence Coucil claim that Me Blaney and Major Trussler were acting in concert

order to defraud the Yachtsman Insurance Agency. The 1st day of the case at the Fulchester

Crown court.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0273

Episode Title THE WRECKING OF THE TEDMAR

First TX Date 04/07/1974

the case of Edward Blaney against the Yachtsman Insurance Agency and Mr

Draxman continues - Edwina Sheridan, Mr Blaneys mistress is accused of helping Mr Blaney

and Major Trussler in wrecking the Tedmar.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0274

Episode Title THE WRECKING OF THE TEDMAR

First TX Date 05/07/1974

Edward Blaney against Yachtsman Insurance Agency and Mr Draxman

continues. Blaneys wife appears to give evidence for the defence.

Verdict: find for the defendants, Yachtsman Insurance Agency and Mr Draxman.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0275

Episode Title TWO RINGS FOR MARGIE

First TX Date 10/07/1974

Mrs Margie Middleton stands accused of committing bigamy. The two

witnesses in todays episode appear for the crown, they are Paddy Delany, first husband of

the accused. The other witness is Babs Gooch, the owner of the Pink Elephant Club in

Fulchester where Margie used to spend her afternoons and where she met her present

husband, a retired army officer, Colonel Henry Middleton.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0276

Episode Title TWO RINGS FOR MARGIE

First TX Date 11/07/1974

Mrs Margie Middleton stands accused of committing bigamy. Today Mrs Babs

Gooch, the owner of the Pink Elephant Club in Fulchester continues with her evidence. It is in

her club that Margie met her prospective husband, retired wealthy army officer, Colonel Henry

Middleton. We also hear the evidence today from Margies step-daughter, Gloria Delany.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0277

Episode Title TWO RINGS FOR MARGIE

First TX Date 12/07/1974

Mrs Margie Middleton stands accused of committing bigamy. Her stepdaughter,

Gloria Delany continues giving evidence on Margie’s behalf. Also giving evidence

today is Margies second husband, Colonel Henry Middleton.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0278

Episode Title NO STRANGER IN COURT

First TX Date 17/07/1974

Queen V Clegg - Det. Insp. Clegg is no stranger to the courts - but today he

stands in the Dock accused of having obtained money by deception. His own colleagues are

principal witnesses against him as his trial begins Day 1.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0279

Episode Title NO STRANGER IN COURT

First TX Date 18/07/1974

Queen V Clegg - Three of insp. Cleggs colleagues have given evidence for

the prosecution at the trial of Det. insp. Clegg. Clegg stands accused of having obtained money

by deception from police funds. Day 2.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0280

Episode Title NO STRANGER IN COURT

First TX Date 19/07/1974

Queen V Clegg - The last day. Det, Insp. drew two hundred and thirty seven

pounds expenses on claims which were in error. At the close of the trial on the 2nd day a

request was made by the Prosecution to introduce fresh evidence. 3rd day.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0281

Episode Title SECURITY RISK

First TX Date 24/07/1974

Robert Steven Denton, a 63 year old civil servant of the Guided Weapons

Research Establishment near Fulchester is charged under the Official Secrets Acts with

copying and suplying the Russians with a document containing information on a new guided

missile. However he did not realise that the carbon ribbon in the typewriter retained a perfect

image of everything he typed.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0282

Episode Title SECURITY RISK

First TX Date 25/07/1974

Victor Crosier gives evidence about a Mediterranean villa which Denton was

buying, and Maurice Weller about various which Denton had bought from him. also, Mary

Denton tells the court how ill her husband had been due to the worry of his debts.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0283

Episode Title SECURITY RISK

First TX Date 26/07/1974

(Robert Denton charged with copying and supplying information to the

Russians).

Defence Witness, Gregor Mitchell, the former British spy, tells the court how he obtained the

information two years previously for the British Government.

Verdict: guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0284

Episode Title THE PROBATIONER

First TX Date 31/07/1974

Probationer officer Trevor Creswell stands accused of helping one of his

prison-after-care cases, Lillian White holding and concealing stolen property. He is also

accused by Lilly of having had "intimate relations" with her. Giving evidence today is Det Insp

McGovern, who discovered the stolen property at Lillys. Lilly herself, and a young friend of

Lillys, Emmanuel Nyopa.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0285

Episode Title THE PROBATIONER

First TX Date 01/08/1974

Probation officer Trevor Creswell accused of helping one of his prison-aftercare

cases, Lillian White, conceal stolen jewellery in her cess-pit. Creswell himself gives

evidence today. We also hear from Dr Olga Mansell who has had several psychiatric

"sessions" with Lilly. the defence also calls a character witness for Creswell, his boss, Eric

Johns.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0286

Episode Title THE PROBATIONER

First TX Date 02/08/1974

Probation officer, Trevor Creswell, stands accused of helping one of his aftercare-

cases, Lillian Whites, of concealing stolen jewellery in her cesspit. Lilly is also accusing

him of having slept with her, which Creswell denies. Creswell denies. Creswell returns to the

witness box in part two.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0287

Episode Title MIDNIGHT WITH NO PAIN

First TX Date 07/08/1974

Anthony Graham allardyce is accused of the attempted murder of his wife. It is

alleged that on Feb 24 while she was a patient in Fulchester Hospital he attempted to kill her.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0288

Episode Title MIDNIGHT WITH NO PAIN

First TX Date 08/08/1974

The 2nd day of the trial Crown V Allardyce.

The accused is supposed to have attempted to kill his wife following an operation to arrest an

abdominal cancer - prosecution is trying to prove Allardyces belief in euthanasia.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0289

Episode Title MIDNIGHT WITH NO PAIN

First TX Date 09/08/1974

The final day of Crown V Allardyce.

It has been shown that Allardyce obtained morphia from the experimental lab where he

worked at personnel manager the defence try to prove that on the night of the attack Allardyce

was in an automotive state.

Verdict: Guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0290

Episode Title NOT DEAD BUT GONE BEFORE

First TX Date 14/08/1974

Dr Karoly Sebes is charged with murder/manslaughter of Joseph Draper. Dr

Sebes put Mr Draper in a state of suspended animation by freezing his body in a large freeze

cabinet - this was opened accidently by the police, did Dr Sebes kill Mr Draper oor was his

death caused by the opening of the cabinet? The first day in Fulchester Crown Court.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0291

Episode Title NOT DEAD BUT GONE BEFORE

First TX Date 15/08/1974

The second day of Queen V Sebes - Dr Sebes is accused of

murder/manslaughter of Joseph Draper by low temperature suspended animation.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0292

Episode Title NOT DEAD BUT GONE BEFORE

First TX Date 16/08/1974

The last day of Queen V Sebes. The Prosecution has called expert evidence

to show that Joseph Draper died as a result of being subjected to abnormally low

temperatures.

Verdict: Not Guilty of Murder, guilty of Manslaughter.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0293

Episode Title CORRUPTION

First TX Date 21/08/1974

Stanley Reading and John Stainsby are respectively a locla government

officer and an architect - they stand jointly accised of bribery. Reading is accussed of making

gifts to Stainsby in order to influence his decision of a contract which would be given to

Readings firm, rather than the firm suggested by the County Architect. Giving evidence for the

Crown today is Stephen Amryss, Stainsbys assistant.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0294

Episode Title CORRUPTION

First TX Date 22/08/1974

Local government official John stainsby is charged with receiving gifts from an

architect Stanley Reading. Reading is charged with making the gifts in order that his form,

Lysons, should receive a contract for a new council administration centre. Stephen Amryss,

Stainbys assistant has already given evidence for the crown. In the witness stand now is John

Stainsby.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0295

Episode Title CORRUPTION

First TX Date 23/08/1974

This is the final day in the trial of John Stainsby and Stanley Reading.

Stainsby, a local government official is accused of receiving bribes from architect Stanly

Reading in order that Readings firm, Lysons should receive a contract for a local government

administration centre. in the witness stand today is stanley Reading. We also hear from

Readings doctor, Dr Crombie.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0296

Episode Title PICKETS

First TX Date 28/08/1974

Anthony Smith & James Webb are accused of Obstructing the highway,

assaulting a constable, abusive words and intimidation during an industrial dispute with

Truloaf bakery.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0297

Episode Title PICKETS

First TX Date 29/08/1974

The 2nd day of the trial Crown v Smith & Webb. Jim Webb is conducting his

own defence. The accused are supposed to have used insulting words to Ronald Bates - Sgt

Fenton is in the witness box as he was on the scene at the time the alleged offences were

committed.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0298

Episode Title PICKETS

First TX Date 30/08/1974

The last day of the trial Crown v Smith & Webb: The prosecution claim that

they prevented Ronald Bates from driving through the picket line into the bakery and in the

altercation that followed Bates' refusal to listen to them they intimidated him and assaulted a

police officer in the execution of his duty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0299

Episode Title THE DOGS NEXT DOOR

First TX Date 04/09/1974

Olivia Bessemer, a spinster aged 73 is charged with poisoning her nephew's

wife, Carmel Bessemer. Carmel bessemer gives evidence.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0300

Episode Title THE DOGS NEXT DOOR

First TX Date 05/09/1974

Olivia Bessemer has pleaded not guilty to poisoning her nephew’s wife Carmel

Bessemer. The prosecution have proved that Carmel had been administered poison over a

prolonged period of time. More prosecution witnesses are called.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0301

Episode Title THE DOGS NEXT DOOR

First TX Date 06/09/1974

Olivia Bessemer is now in the witness box giving evidence on her own behalf

in answer to the charge of administering poison to her nephew’s wife, Carmel Bessemer.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0302

Episode Title GOOD AND FAITHFUL FRIENDS

First TX Date 10/09/1974

Leonard Tyler, leader of a hippy commune is charged with assaulting his one

time girl friend Mary Chatham and her fiance, Edward Clarke. Tylers case is that Mary

Chatham had signed a lease which gave them the use of a cottage on her land for 99 years, in

return the commune gave her a basketful of apples a year as rent, Chatham and Clarke come

to the cottage to evict the commune and Tyler declares he was only protecting his rights in his

treatment of trespassers. Mary Chatham gives her evidence today.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0303

Episode Title GOOD AND FAITHFUL FRIENDS

First TX Date 11/09/1974

Len Tyler, leader of a hippy commune is accused of assaulting Mary

Chatham, his one time girlfriend and her fiancé Edward Clark. According to Tyler Mary

Chatham has signed a lease which gave the commune a 99 year lease for a cottage on

chathams land and he denies assault and says he was only protecting his rightful property,

Giving evidence today is Edward Clarke, Chathams fiancé, Raymond White a handwriting

expert and Susan Straker Len Tylers present girlfriend.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0304

Episode Title GOOD AND FAITHFUL FRIENDS

First TX Date 12/09/1974

This is the final day of the trial of Leonard Tyler the leader of a hippy

commune. He is charged with assaulting his one-time girlfriend, Mary chatham and her fiancé

edward Clarke. Tyler denies this and says he was only protecting his property, a cottage on

Mary Chathams land, which she had let to the commune by signing a 99 year lease. Mary

Chatham denies this. Tyler, himself gives evidence today.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0305

Episode Title STRANGE PAST

First TX Date 18/09/1974

Queen V Sarfford. Olive Roodie was brutally murdered on St Valentines Day

in the year of our Lord 1956 outside her cottages near the ancient village of Long Griffin. Her

body was discovered 36 hours later under a willow tree. She was pinned to the ground with a

hay fork through her throat and the sign of the cross had been hacked across her stomach. In

the following year 1957 Betty Tring was tried at the Fulchester assizes for the murder of Olive

Roodie. She was found not guilty. Now in 1974 Tom Strafford finds himself on trial for the

same murder.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0306

Episode Title STRANGE PAST

First TX Date 19/09/1974

The 2nd day in the trial of Queen V Strafford. In the so called "ritual murder"

case at the Fulchester Crown Court Tom Strafford is accused of murdering Olive Roodie who

was found dead on St Valentines day 1956. The court has heard of the original trial in 1957 of

Betty Tring who was found not guilty. The Prosecution now examines Chief Super duncan who

was one of the officers involved in the previous investigation.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0307

Episode Title STRANGE PAST

First TX Date 20/09/1974

The last day in the trial of Queen V Strafford.

Tom Strafford is accused of the murder of Olive Roodie in 1956 near the village of Long

Griffin. She was pinned to the earth with a hay fork through her throught and the sign of the

Cross had been hacked across her stomach. the court has also heard of the original trial at

Fulchester Assizes in 1957 when Betty Tring had been accused of the same murder and had

been found not guilty. The defence Counsel has just called his first witness Magnus Benjamin

an acknowledge authority on the Occult.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0308

Episode Title ON IMPULSE

First TX Date 25/09/1974

Thomas Frears, a school teacher, is alleged to have attacked one of his

pupils, Jonathans account of the incident and evidence from his mother and Trevor Adamson,

an older pupil at the school who has influenced Jonathan in many ways.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0309

Episode Title ON IMPULSE

First TX Date 26/09/1974

Thomas Frears, a school teacher, has been charged with assault on a pupil,

Jonathan Ashe. On the second day of the trial in Fulchester Crown Court, we hear his

defence and evidence from John Furness, the headmaster at the school and Dr Greenberg, a

psychiatrist who has been treating Thomas Frears.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0310

Episode Title ON IMPULSE

First TX Date 27/09/1974

Thomas Frears, a school teacher, stands charged with assaulting one of his

pupils, Jonathan Ashe. Today Fulchester Crown Court is hearing evidence from Dr Williwm

Greenberg who has been Frears psychiatrist for three years. Evidence is also given by Mrs

Caroline Judd, the sister of the accused.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0311

Episode Title DOUBLE TROUBLE

First TX Date 02/10/1974

Kenneth Gould is charged with "communicating information calculated to be

useful to an enemy". He was a member of the Secret Intelligence Service and it is stated that

some of the information he gave to the Russians caused the death of tow British Secret

Agents. The first witness is Colnel Paskevitch, a KGB Russian spy who has defected to the

West bringing KGB files with him that state that Gould was an informer for the KGB. The

second witness is Sir Hugo Jellico, Goulds chief. The first day in Fulchester Crown Court.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0312

Episode Title DOUBLE TROUBLE

First TX Date 03/10/1974

The second day of the Queen V Gould. Gould is charged with passing

information calculated to be useful to an enemy - some of that information causing the death

of two British secret agents. Sir Hugo Jellico is again in the witness box, other witness are a

Chief Supt. and Goulds ex-wife.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0313

Episode Title DOUBLE TROUBLE

First TX Date 04/10/1974

The last day of Queen V Gould. Gould is charged with passing information

calculated to be useful to an enemy,

Verdict: Not Guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0317

Episode Title THE HUNT

First TX Date 09/10/1974

Oliver Peel is accused of criminal damage after killing foxhounds that broke

into his garden and savaged to death a lamb in front of Peels daughter. The Huntsmen claim

that the incident was contrived for anti-hunt publicity. PC brings 3 witnesses who state that the

lamb was already dead and that Peel had laid a trail for the hounds into his garden.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0318

Episode Title THE HUNT

First TX Date 10/10/1974

Continuing the trial of Queen V Peel. Oliver Peel is accused of criminal

damage after killing foxhounds that broke into his garden and savaged to death a lamb in front

of Peels daughter. DC cross-examines Hunt supporters then accused is cross-examined.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0319

Episode Title THE HUNT

First TX Date 11/10/1974

Continuing the trial of the Queen V Peel. Oliver Peel is accused of criminal

damage after killing foxhounds that broke into his garden and savaged to death a lamb in front

of his daughter. Cross examination of Peel continues then 2 defence witnesses are called.

Verdict: Not Guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0314

Episode Title THE MESSENGER BOY

First TX Date 16/10/1974

John Michaelson, Church Manley former housing manager, is charged under

the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act of 1989. It is alleged that he accepted a bribe from the

late George Roberts in order to obtain for mr and Mrs Roberts the tenancy of a luxury council

flat. Mrs Roberts and her 11 year old nephew give evidence against Mr Michaelson.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0315

Episode Title THE MESSENGER BOY

First TX Date 17/10/1974

John Michaelson, the former Housing Manager of Church Manley, is accused

of accepting a bribe from the late George Roberts to secure the tenancy of a luxury council flat

for Roberts and his wife Eileen. David, Eileen Roberts 11 year old nephew has stated that he

took an envelope from his uncle to Michaelson containing one hundred pounds in £5

notes. David is cross examined today, and Michaelson enters the witness box.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0316

Episode Title THE MESSENGER BOY

First TX Date 18/10/1974

Housing Manager John Michaelson has pleaded not guilty to the charge of

accepting a bribe from the late George Roberts. It is alleged that Michaelson was to grant the

tenancy of a luxury flat to Roberts and his wife Eileen. Cross-Examination of Michaelson takes

place today and evidence is heard from Councillor Fitch on Michaelsons behalf and also

Michaelsons secretary.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0320

Episode Title THE DASHING YOUNG OFFICER

First TX Date 23/10/1974

A Civil Case - When a young British Officer, Capt. John Egerton was gaoled in

India for gun running the scandal made world headlines. Returned to England, he was

Court marshalled and despite his defence that he was under orders from MI5 again found guilty

and dismissed the Service, his life in ruins. Only then did Egerton talk to the press. Amongst

his claims, he said that his Co. Col. Morland had known and lied in his evidence. Since

retired, Col Morland now sues Egerton and the newspaper which published his story for libel.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0321

Episode Title THE DASHING YOUNG OFFICER

First TX Date 24/10/1974

Captain Egerton was court marshalled following a gaol sentence in India for gun

running. He has told the Sunday Star newspaper that he was acting under orders from MI5

and that his Co at the time Col Morland knew this and lied at his court martial. Moorland now

sues Egerton and the newspaper for libel.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0322

Episode Title THE DASHING YOUNG OFFICER

First TX Date 25/10/1974

Captain Egerton was court marshalled following a gaol sentence in India for gun

running. He has told the Sunday Star newspaper that he was acting under orders from MI5

and that his Co at the time Col Morland knew this and lied at his court martial. Moorland now

sues Egerton and the newspaper for libel.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0326

Episode Title WINKLERS

First TX Date 30/10/1974

Robert Sims and George Bell are accused of assaulting Eddie Taylor with

intent to cause bodily harm and with theft of £312. The Prosecution claim that the

accused are "Winklers" - men employed by landlords to get rid of unwanted tenants. Eddie

Taylor, questioned by the PC gives evidence of intimidation by the accused. When cross examined

by DC it is shown that he is prone to exaggeration.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0327

Episode Title WINKLERS

First TX Date 31/10/1974

The snd day in the trial of Queen V Sims and Bell. They are accused of

assaulting Eddie Taylor and theft of £312. Mrs Taylor is questioned by PC and DC then

constable Beck gives evidence in his defence.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0328

Episode Title WINKLERS

First TX Date 01/11/1974

The final day in the trial of the Queen V Sims and Bell. They are accused of

assaulting Eddie Taylor and theft of £312. Both the accused give evidence in their

defence and are cross-examined by PC.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0323

Episode Title IMMORAL EARNINGS

First TX Date 06/11/1974

Dr Paul Alexander Napier is accused of living wholly or part on the earnings of

a prostitute. The prosecution has called its first witness, a police officer, who testifies that he

called at the flat of the prostitute but did not have sex. The second prosecution witness admits

having sex with "Miss Virgo" the alleged prostitue.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0324

Episode Title IMMORAL EARNINGS

First TX Date 07/11/1974

The continuing case against Dr Napier - accused of living off immoral

earnings. The Defence councel has started cross examination, of the police officer and Vernon

Cox (who says he has had sex with Miss Virgo). Mary Hepple - Miss Virgo the astrologist - is

called to the witness box. She reveals that she has a year old child, and is in fact a

professional astrologist. She denies being a prostitute - despite bombastic cross examination

by the prosecution. She admits to enjoying sex with strangers, but at the end of her evidence

says she hates men. Dr Napier is called and reveals that he has been struck off the medical

register for misconduct with a female patient.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0325

Episode Title IMMORAL EARNINGS

First TX Date 08/11/1974

The final day of the trial against Dr Napier.

the Defence Councel is continuing questioning - going through Dr Napiers earnings’ - the bulk

of which is the rent from the flat in which Miss Virgo lives. He states that he finds it

inconceivable that she is a prostitute. the prosecution starts questioning Dr Napier, and during

this it is revealed that Dr Napier delivered Miss Virgos child - after he had been struck off.

Great play is made of this point. The judge sums up pointing out that in fact at one time it

looked as though Miss Virgo was on trial and not Dr Napier.

Verdict: Not Guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0329

Episode Title THE ALB OF ST HONORATUS

First TX Date 13/11/1974

A civil case involving the dispute of ownership of a collection of Medieval

church vestments bought by a French Court, subsequently stolen by the Father Abbot of a

monastery and claimed as property of the Montford family by Jessica Montford a

schoolteacher.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0330

Episode Title THE ALB OF ST HONORATUS

First TX Date 14/11/1974

A civil case involving dispute over the ownership of a valuable collection of

Mediaeval church vestments.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0331

Episode Title THE ALB OF ST HONORATUS

First TX Date 15/11/1974

A civil case involving dispute over the ownership of a valuable collection of

Mediaeval church vestments.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0332

Episode Title COVER UP

First TX Date 21/11/1974

On the afternoon of Saturday 15 June Angus Philips a 6th former at Kenbury

Hall public school near Fulchester went to meet a girl at a secluded spot by the River Fridd.

This particular stretch was known locally as the bushes, was out of bounds to the pupils of

Kenbury Hall. Also the boys were forbidden to meet local girls. when Angus Philips arrived at

the rendezvous he took off his school blazer and tie and hid them under a bush. When he

came to collect them two hours later he found they'd been taken, together with his wallet. He

reported the loss. 11 days later an elderly vagrant was arrested after trying to steal a valuable

wallet to a 2nd hand dealer. Today in Fulchester crown Court Arthur Kemp stands charged

with dishonestly appropriating the property of Angus Philips.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0333

Episode Title COVER UP

First TX Date 21/11/1974

On June 26 Arthur Kemp an elderly vagrant, attempted to sell a valuable

pigskin wallet to a 2nd hand dealer. But the wallet appeared on a police list of items mislaid

eleven days before by Angus Philips reveals that a fellow pupil, Roger Carter-Saville had been

removed from Kenbury Hall School for pilfering at about the time of the alleged theft. The

Judge is curious abour Roger Carter-Saville.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0334

Episode Title COVER UP

First TX Date 22/11/1974

An old tramp, Arthur kempstands accused of stealing property from Angus

Philips an ex pupil of Kenbury Hall Public School near Fulchester. The defence has been able

to show that Philips broke school rules on the day of the theft, and that there was great

resentment between him and another 6th former, Roger Carter-Saville. But the prosecution

draws attention to the tramps drinking habits.

Verdict: Guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0335

Episode Title BELOVED ALIEN

First TX Date 27/11/1974

The trial of the Queen V Emma Lakeland, who is accused of helping Grigori

Petrov - an alien and suspected terrorist - into Britain illegally. Inspector Mortlake who found

Petrov at Emma Lakelands house gives evidence, also Solange Marillac who states that

Emma Lakeland said she would do anything for her lover Grigori Petrov.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0336

Episode Title BELOVED ALIEN

First TX Date 28/11/1974

The second day in the trial of the Queen V Emma Lakeland, who is accused

of helping Grigori Petrov - an ailen and suspected terrorist - to gain entry into Britain illegally.

Her father Ernest Lakeland gives evidence for the prosecution and the Defence Counsel

questions the accused.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0337

Episode Title BELOVED ALIEN

First TX Date 29/11/1974

The final day in the trial of the Queen V Emma Lakeland, who is accused of

helping Grigori Petrov - an alien and suspected terrorist - to gain entry into Britain Illegally. the

accused is cross-examined and then Defence Counsel calls two witnesses, first a French

Inspector and then Grigori Petrov.

Verdict: Guilty.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0338

Episode Title ARSON

First TX Date 04/12/1974

Millicent Conway, an elderly retired children’s governess is accused of arson.

Two witnesses saw her at the scene of the fire, another says she bought one can of paraffin -

which, according to fire officer Hadfield caused the fire.

Features a young Lewis Collins.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0339

Episode Title ARSON

First TX Date 05/12/1974

Millicent Conway, an elderly retired children’s governess has pleaded not guilty

to a charge of arson and gives evidence in her own defence.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0340

Episode Title ARSON

First TX Date 06/12/1974

Millicent Conway, an elderly retired children’s governess has pleaded not guilty

to a charge of arson and gives evidence in her own defence. The court hears two more

witnesses.

Verdict: remanded for a psychiatric report.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0341

Episode Title FORGIVE-ME-NOT

First TX Date 11/12/1974

Criminal Case - Frederick Barker has served 18 years for killing his wife and

her lover - 2 months after his release he is accused of Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

to Edgar Dean his next door neighbour and criminal damage contrary to section 1 of criminal

damage act 1971 - killing 24 racing pigeons belonging to James Edgar Dean - He is defended

by a young lawyer who has never faced a jury before.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0342

Episode Title FORGIVE-ME-NOT

First TX Date 12/12/1974

Frederick Barker was released from prison after serving 18 years for

murdering his wife and her lover. With in a few weeks he was in trouble again - charged by the

police with assaulting a neighbour James Dean, and destroying his racing pigeons. Barkers

counsel has never appeared in a jury trial before and has been informally assisted by a QC

Gerard Mahoney who represented Barker at his murder trial 18 years ago, and happened to

be in court yesterday when the trial began.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0343

Episode Title FORGIVE-ME-NOT

First TX Date 13/12/1974

In July this year Frederick Barker was released from prison after serving 18

years for murdering his wife and her lover. After his release he went to Fulchester and took

lodging with a Mrs Brown. Within a few weeks he was in trouble again - charged with

assaulting a neighbour and destroying the neighbours racing pigeons. The prosecution claims

that Barker became involved with a long-standing feud between Mrs Brown and the

neighbours, Mr and Mrs Dean. Yesterday it was revealed that some of the pigeons had

throttled and others bludgeoned with a wheel-brace......the accused himself is in the witness

box.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0344

Episode Title POT OF BASIL

First TX Date 18/12/1974

Constance Bell the plaintiff maintains that the "Pot of Basil" formed part of her

late mothers estate and was unlawfully appropriated by her brother John Fisher and sold by

Nigel Greatorex an antique dealer at Sotherbys for £95, 000. Defendants: John Fisher,

Peter Fisher his son and Nigel Greatrox.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0345

Episode Title POT OF BASIL

First TX Date 19/12/1974

The witness for the plaintiff still does not arrive and the case continues. John

Fisher says he gave the Pot of Basil to his son Peter who worked for Nigel Greatorex an

antique dealer so he could get a bit of money for Christmas presents. Nigel gave him

£50. After Sotherbys sale he gave John £5,000 as he felt he had done too well

from the sale. Unsuccessful attempt to settle out of court, general furore and Judge gives up

for the day.

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Episode ID 1/0743/0346

Episode Title POT OF BASIL

First TX Date 20/12/1974

Cross examination of Nigel Greatrox antique dealer continues. Albert Fisher

arrives from Paris at last and says that not only was the Pot of Basil missing after his mothers

death but also a painting which Constance has and says her mother gave it to her - shouting

she is removed from court. PC, DC and judge sum up.

Judgement: awarded against the 3 defendants for £95,000 and they were ordered to  pay      _____________________________________________________



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