Suspense 570616 Trial by Jury (edited AFRS no open or close)
Suspense 570616 Trial by Jury (edited AFRS no open or close) This episode has been very elusive. An intact copy has never been found. Joseph Webb was able to clean up some awful background noise and make a listenable copy. It is an AFRS copy that someone clipped off the opening and closing, and then later someone tried to repair it. Joe removed those patches and put it back to original state -- drama only -- and in cleaner sound. Joe also found the text to the original opening (which is missing): "Ever since Shakespeare wrote Portia's lines ---”The quality of mercy is not strained---” et cetera, mankind has been fascinated by lady lawyers. And why not? A forensic female is only putting her nascent capabilities to practical purposes --- but a lady criminal lawyer! A distaff mouthpiece! Such a one must indeed twice blesst, or in failure, thrice-cursed. so a one you will shortly meet as Miss Nancy Kelly stars in “Trial by Jury” which begins exactly one minute from now."...