A series of real trials from British history, famous and notorious, dramatised from the court records.
Sir Roger Casement
Jul 8, 1960
Once a national hero in Britain, Sir Roger Casement, an Irishman, is tried for treason during the First World War.
The Baccarat Scandal
Jul 15, 1960
An account of the notorious "Tranby Croft affair", which threatened to envelop the Prince of Wales in a gambling scandal.
Admiral Byng
Jul 22, 1960
After the fall of Minorca, a British admiral is tried for cowardice.
Spencer Cowper
Jul 29, 1960
A seventeenth-century lawyer is tried for the murder of a Quaker woman.
Oscar Wilde
Aug 5, 1960
The controversial writer Oscar Wilde is tried for gross indecency after his libel suit against the Marquess of Queensberry has failed.
The Dilke Case
Aug 12, 1960
An eminent Victorian political figure is involved in a sex scandal.
The Tichborne Case
Aug 19, 1960
A man is accused of impersonating an aristocrat to gain his fortune.
W.T. Stead
Aug 26, 1960
A newspaperman arranges for himself to be arrested on a morals charge so that he can use the witness-box to expose the white slave traffic.
Governor Wall
Sep 2, 1960
An Irishman is, after serving as a governor in an African colony, accused of two murders when he returns to Britain.
Horatio Bottomley, MP
Sep 9, 1960
A member of Parliament is accused of perpetrating a swindle.
