The Public Defender - Season 2

The Public Defender - Season 2

Season 2

Network
Episodes43
DatesSep 9, 1954 - Jun 23, 1955
Previous Season

Episodes

Return of the Dead
Season 2Episode 130 min

Return of the Dead

Sep 9, 1954
Road to Nowhere
Season 2Episode 230 min

Road to Nowhere

Sep 13, 1954
The Big Race
Season 2Episode 330 min

The Big Race

Sep 20, 1954
The Arsonist
Season 2Episode 430 min

The Arsonist

A disturbed teen-aged boy begins setting fires in the neighborhood following an altercation with his father.
Sep 27, 1954
Bertha Polaski
Season 2Episode 530 min

Bertha Polaski

Matthews takes the case of a cop killer who is depending on his little brother's false testimony to get him off. When the killer thinks Matthews is getting to friendly with his little brother, he fires Matthews.
Sep 30, 1954
The Do-Gooder
Season 2Episode 630 min

The Do-Gooder

A man is in hospital after wrecking a car with an escaped fugitive, killing the fugitive. The man is in trouble for harboring the fugitive but he refuses to speak to Matthews, his Public Defender. Matthews quickly deduces that the man doesn't want to be linked to his father who is a prominent judge.
Oct 7, 1954
When Credit is Due
Season 2Episode 730 min

When Credit is Due

When a father of 2 is temporarily disabled in an auto accident, his wife gets a job to make ends meet. However, unscrupulous debtors begin to garnish her wages and then her boss fires her. Matthews comes to the rescue.
Oct 14, 1954
Crash Out
Season 2Episode 830 min

Crash Out

An prison inmate just 3 weeks from parole participates in a prison break. His wife cannot understand why he would do such a thing and goes to Bart Matthews for help,
Oct 21, 1954
Destiny
Season 2Episode 930 min

Destiny

The Public Defender's deputy almost wrecks his marriage when he insists on defending a 15-year old boy accused of assault and murder.
Oct 28, 1954
Hot Rod
Season 2Episode 1030 min

Hot Rod

The Public Defender defends a young man involved in an accident that killed a young girl. He investigates to see if he was accused because he was in a hot rod.
Nov 4, 1954
Color Blind
Season 2Episode 1130 min

Color Blind

A man becomes desperate for money when he's told his son must have an operation immediately. After getting the money, his brother-in-law arrests him, telling him he got the money illegally. Now the Public Defender must find a way to get him out of jail and reunited with his family.
Nov 11, 1954
The Hijacked Truck
Season 2Episode 1230 min

The Hijacked Truck

A man in love is accused of hijacking. The public defender hears a story about his courtship and the reason behind his arrest.
Nov 18, 1954
Circumstantial Evidence
Season 2Episode 1330 min

Circumstantial Evidence

A story of blind justice, as Matthews defends a man whom was caught by police with the gun that killed the man's wife.
Nov 25, 1954
The Murder Photo
Season 2Episode 1430 min

The Murder Photo

The answer to a murder case may just lay in the hands of a teenage boy using trick photography.
Dec 2, 1954
Open Season
Season 2Episode 1530 min

Open Season

It is the opening of deer season and the long-running feud between two old codgers has heated up again. When one is found shot in the woods, the other is of course the prime suspect.
Dec 9, 1954
Socrates
Season 2Episode 1630 min

Socrates

Guy from the hood gets framed for murder. Matthews enlists the help of Socrates, who runs the hood's homeless shelter, to obtain proof of his client's innocence.
Dec 16, 1954
Moonshine
Season 2Episode 1730 min

Moonshine

During a raid on the Carter family still, a warden is shot and killed. Jesse Carter, fresh home from the service, is arrested for the killing.
Dec 23, 1954
The Man Who Couldn't Remember
Season 2Episode 1830 min

The Man Who Couldn't Remember

A man is arrested for a robbery he didn't commit, but he can't remember what he did at the time of the robbery. His wife believes in his innocence. His only hope may be a mental hospital where they can help him remember.
Dec 30, 1954
Another World
Season 2Episode 1930 min

Another World

The Bachman siblings are European refugees who've worked hard in America. But Hans begins to romance Wanda and convinces her to get him valuable plans. Erich ends the spy ring by shooting Hans but was it justified in Reed's definition of justice.
Jan 6, 1955
Deep Ditch
Season 2Episode 2030 min

Deep Ditch

Matthews must defend a ditch-digger accused of attacking his boss. Further investigation reveals more complexity to the story.
Jan 13, 1955
Gunpoint
Season 2Episode 2130 min

Gunpoint

An ex-con is forced to rob his employer's safe by two other ex-cons who knew him from the joint.
Jan 20, 1955
Your Witness
Season 2Episode 2230 min

Your Witness

Bart Matthews defends Karl Novak, who faces a second-degree murder charge following the grisly slaying of a storekeeper.
Jan 27, 1955
The Director
Season 2Episode 2330 min

The Director

A once famous film director is now working as night-watchman at the film studio. One night he knocks down another film director, who once was his assistant director but now is the famous one, and takes 300 dollars from him. The public defender cannot understand why somebody would destroy all of his former reputation for such a small crime.
Feb 3, 1955
Mama's Boy
Season 2Episode 2430 min

Mama's Boy

After a boy is discovered dead in the hallway at school, one of his classmates is arrested since he was caught fighting with him at the time of his death. The Public Defender sets out to find out if the boy's being a "Mama's Boy" may have been the cause for what the classmates claim was an accident.
Feb 10, 1955
The Big Steel
Season 2Episode 2530 min

The Big Steel

A man is accused of purposely running a co-worker down and is arrested for attempted murder. But the Public Defender is able to get him off after talking to his other co-workers. Oh, but wait, that's only half the story.
Feb 17, 1955
Jackpot
Season 2Episode 2630 min

Jackpot

A kid is arrested for gang activity after mugging a cop, but the gang is being organized by some influential people, so the other gang members threaten to kill the kid if he talks. The Public defender must get to the bottom of things before someone else is hurt!
Feb 24, 1955
A Knowledge of Astronomy
Season 2Episode 2730 min

A Knowledge of Astronomy

An error in reading the stars provides the key clue in unraveling crimes committed at an oil drilling site.
Mar 3, 1955
The Hitchhiker
Season 2Episode 2830 min

The Hitchhiker

A soldier about to ship out of the country is on his way home to his pregnant wife. He gets a ride with a woman who takes him as far as the car rental place. Later that night, the man and his wife are arrested for stealing the car and hitting an old, blind woman. The Public Defender searches for the young woman who gave him a ride, but she seems to not exist.
Mar 10, 1955
Brutality
Season 2Episode 2930 min

Brutality

A man arrested for robbery swears he's innocent and only signed the confession because the arresting officer beat him up.
Mar 17, 1955
Cornered
Season 2Episode 3030 min

Cornered

An upcoming prizefighter wants to turn himself into Matthews for parole violation but the threats of small time hoodlums and the actions of a clueless police officer cause things to go wrong.
Mar 24, 1955
Time to Kill
Season 2Episode 3130 min

Time to Kill

When Peter Stone hears that a murder suspect fits his description, his extreme paranoia leads him to take actions that make him appear guilty. He is eventually convicted of a murder he had nothing to do with. Matthews appeals his case.
Mar 31, 1955
The Sapphire Mink
Season 2Episode 3230 min

The Sapphire Mink

A young modal is arrested for stealing a mink, but she says she had permission to wear it.
Apr 7, 1955
Juvenile Delinquent
Season 2Episode 3330 min

Juvenile Delinquent

A teenage boy, stepson of the Police Chief, is arrested for breaking into a gas station. The Chief is convinced he can help him. Bart steps in to help and all is resolved in the end when the Chief faces the boy down.
Apr 14, 1955
A Pair of Gloves
Season 2Episode 3430 min

A Pair of Gloves

Flippant small time hood and three time loser Allie Kilgore claims he bought out of town a pair of gloves that are the like the pair he is accused of taking in a home burglary.
Apr 21, 1955
End of the Line
Season 2Episode 3530 min

End of the Line

An elderly Public Defender determines to keep busy during the weeks until his retirement comes through. He puts himself at great odds to keep a man from being sent to prison. Bart Matthews comes to his aid.
Apr 28, 1955
Clifford Pike
Season 2Episode 3630 min

Clifford Pike

A man admits to murdering his aunt and grandmother, claiming insanity. But the case goes through all twists and turns before the amazing truth is revealed.
May 5, 1955
Eight Out of a Hundred
Season 2Episode 3730 min

Eight Out of a Hundred

May 12, 1955
Condemned
Season 2Episode 3830 min

Condemned

An alcoholic vagrant is charged with the murder of a police officer.
May 19, 1955
Operation Cleat
Season 2Episode 3930 min

Operation Cleat

Law enforcement agencies from the U.S. and Mexico join forces after the public defenders' office uncovers a car theft ring that is connected to drug trafficking.
May 26, 1955
Story of Nora Fulton
Season 2Episode 4030 min

Story of Nora Fulton

Matthews defends an ex-policeman's daughter when she is accused of murdering her boyfriend.
Jun 2, 1955
The Bad Ones
Season 2Episode 4130 min

The Bad Ones

A 'Good Kid' gets caught up with the wrong crowd and his parents seem unable to do anything About it.
Jun 9, 1955
The Jockey and the Nun
Season 2Episode 4230 min

The Jockey and the Nun

Joey leaves his orphanage to be a jockey when an encounter with hotel owner Mr. Barry gets him returned. But after the hotel is burned Joey is arrested. Only Sister Anthony continues to believe him during the trial.
Jun 16, 1955
Failure
Season 2Episode 4330 min

Failure

Jun 23, 1955

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