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Season 1

  • S01E01 To Prosecute All Crimes

    • January 31, 1965
    • CBS

    Assistant New York District Attorney Cliff Sellers takes his cases to the street to find out the truth.

  • S01E02 Guilt Shall Not Escape nor Innocence Suffer

    • February 14, 1965
    • CBS

    A bum is charged with burglary and assault and battery on a police officer and Koster is sure his case is airtight. The vagrant confesses to the assault but swears he had nothing to do with the theft.

  • S01E03 The Influence of Fear

    • February 21, 1965
    • CBS

    The public is demanding the death penalty for a Puerto Rican boy charged with the murder of an old woman.

  • S01E04 Act of Violence (2) (begun on The Nurses, 23 Feb 65)

    • February 28, 1965
    • CBS

    Koster is seeking a second degree murder conviction for an emotionally disturbed young man who committed murder while arguing with his teacher.

  • S01E05 Between Candor and Shame

    • March 7, 1965
    • CBS

    A bookstore owner files suit against a police officer for defamation and false arrest after he displays a dirty book in his store.

  • S01E06 The Killing Of One Human Being

    • March 14, 1965
    • CBS

    ADA David Koster is puzzled why Louis Cahane, charged with first degree murder, is very confident he'll easily get off.

  • S01E07 Dangerous to the Public Peace and Safety

    • March 21, 1965
    • CBS

    An emotionally disturbed teen-ager is on the run from police who suspect the boy is a serial killer of six young women.

  • S01E08 Secure Any Special Privilege or Advantage

    • March 28, 1965
    • CBS

    Ernie Garatella is an actor by trade and apparently played his part just a little too well. He gets arrested for the impersonation of a police officer.

  • S01E09 The Right to Kill

    • April 4, 1965
    • CBS

    Unfortunately, the evidence does not seem to support a prison guard's claim that he had to kill in self defense.

  • S01E10 With Intent to Influence

    • April 11, 1965
    • CBS

    If evidence of a government official's involvement in a past political scandal is made public, the nomination for state assemblyman will quickly go away.

  • S01E11 Seized, Confined and Detained

    • April 25, 1965
    • CBS

    Bobby Haviland is in great danger, not just from the kidnappers who have seized him, but from the diabetic shock he may go into from the lack of insulin.

  • S01E12 Any Benevolent Purpose

    • May 2, 1965
    • CBS

    The director of a large charity gets a finger pointed at him for embezzlement of donations after a low level hood gets arrested and wants to make a deal.

  • S01E13 A Competent Witness

    • May 9, 1965
    • CBS

    Koster has a witness who can identify the killer of a cop, only the witness is an ex-con and will be ripped apart on the stand because of his background.