The Great Defender

Sir Douglas Rolls had earned the reputation of being England's greatest barrister. But he has just been informed by Dr Hackett, specialist on diseases of the heart, that overwork has taken its toll and if Sir Douglas does not take off for several months he stands a good chance of dying soon. Back in his chambers, a solicitor named Pope was waiting to see him. Pope's firm handled most of the important legal cases. Pope was there to ask Douglas to take up the defense of his client, Leslie Locke.