Broadcast: 9th March 1950

Starring: James Mason

Added: Jul 12 2003

“The recent retirement of Sir William Brent from the English Criminal Investigation has given great joy to all the lawbreakers in our land. For more than two decades Sir William has terrorised the underworld. The ex head of English Criminal Investigation has been the scourge of thieves and murderers. In but one single solitary instance has he been known to confess defeat or to express dissatisfaction with the outcome of his prosecution. This was the now famous Bedford Murder Case.” That was a news item in a newspaper written by a close friend of Sir William but Sir William had not given up the Bedford Case…