Sight Unseen

And now tonight's presentation of radio's outstanding theater of thrills suspense Tonight the story of a man who knows that he will be caught for a crime that he has not yet committed We call it sight unseen. So now starring mr. Terrence Demarney here is tonight suspense play sight unseen I Don't agree with you, willy. I simply don't agree at all, but such a crime as you describe would be premeditated

A trouble with you, solicitor chapses. You're always looking for a way out. It's all very well for you. Your job is easy. You think so, eh? Well, it's open and close. Scott and Yard, you bring the man in. The Crown takes over from there.

It's either guilty or not guilty. Simple as that. I think so. Well, it isn't. Never has been. Oh, very well. You know what I mean by comparison. A comparison to what? You say, I bring a man in and you take over from there. Either he's guilty or not, right?

That's about it. That's about it. I'm supposing the yard makes the initial mistake, and the King Solicitor carries it through from there. You mean an innocent man and judge guilty? Come now, Wheeling. How often does that happen?

I mean, really. You put a good deal of stock in circumstantial evidence, I should imagine. Depending upon its implications, yes. Especially when there's not much else to go by. Don't you? Well, I can give you an interesting example of that, if you like.

Oh, really? As it was about twenty-nine years ago, nineteen-twenty-six. six. I was a surgeon, then. In this particular case I was familiar with most of the facts, and the rest were filled in by my friend. His name was Colin Feregott. He was a journalist on the Times. He wrote me a letter. Some of what was in that letter I already knew. The