EPISODES:
163.
LENGTH:
60
mins.
FORMAT: Mono. Early
episodes were Kinescope, later episodes were Video with short film sequences.
PRODUCTION: 1961
- 1963 Crawford Production.
ORIGINAL SCREENING: 1961
- 1964. (Some later episodes were not screened until 1966 - 1968 as part of
a repeat run.)
RUNNING ORDER: Official,
with omissions based on airdate (marked ^).
NETWORK:
Seven.
AWARD:
1961 Logie: Best Australian Drama
Series.
1. Queen Versus Marsden -
part one
.......George Fairfax
.......Douglas Kelly
Synopsis: Marsden stands accused of the murder of his wife, more than a
year after she died in suspicious circumstances.
Airdate: Melbourne 17/2/61, Sydney 10/2/61
2. Queen Versus Marsden - part
two
.......George Fairfax
.......Douglas Kelly
Synopsis: Only one witness is called for the defence - the accused
himself. The defence insists that the onus is on the Crown to prove Marsden guilty, not on
Marsden to prove his innocence.
Airdate: Melbourne 24/2/61, Sydney 17/2/61
3. Queen Versus Farley - part
one
Synopsis: Isobel Farley is charged with wounding with intent to kill. She
pleads not guilty. The Crown develops evidence that Isobel and a friend, Dawn Peters, were
both in love with the same man. Then late one night Dawn Peters was run down by a hit and
run driver and crippled.
Airdate: Melbourne 3/3/61, Sydney 24/2/61
4. Queen Versus Farley - part
two
Synopsis: The defence calls a surprise witness and contends that Isobel
Farley was not involved in the crime, claiming the motive was more complex than jealousy.
Airdate: Melbourne 10/3/61, Sydney 3/3/61
5. Queen Versus Pritchard - part
one
Synopsis: Maxwell Pritchard is charged with the murder of night-club owner
Leon Morelli, and the theft of £800. Pritchard, a popular football star of a few years
ago, pleads not guilty on both counts.
Airdate: Melbourne 17/3/61, Sydney 10/3/61
6. Queen Versus Pritchard - part
two
Synopsis: Night-club entertainer Violet Wilcox gives evidence for the
defence. She describes a fight she saw between Pritchard and Morelli, and then provides
the accused with an alibi.
Airdate: Melbourne 24/3/61, Sydney 17/3/61
7. Queen Versus Roper - part one
Synopsis: Paul Henry Roper is charged with the murder of an unidentified
man, whose charred remains were found in a burnt-out utility truck early on New Year's
morning. The prosecution alleges that Roper planned the murder to escape personal and
financial problems. Although Roper did not know the man, the Crown alleges that he killed
him and burnt the body, hoping it would be taken for his own.
Airdate: Melbourne 31/3/61, Sydney 24/3/61
8. Queen Versus Roper - part two
Synopsis: A young woman, who describes herself as a stripper, sheds some
light on the case as she details her relationship with the accused. The defence contends
that the Crown has not been able to prove it's case, and that inconsistencies in the
accused's story were prompted by his entanglements with women.
Airdate: Melbourne 7/4/61, Sydney 31/3/61
9. Queen Versus Lindeman - part
one
Synopsis: Karl Lindeman is charged with the attempted murder of Miss Sarah
Jean Gray, at the mountain holiday resort of Yandy Springs. He pleads not guilty. The
Crown calls evidence to show that Lindeman is a confidence trickster who attempted to kill
Miss Gray when she threatened to expose him.
Airdate: Melbourne 14/4/61, Sydney 7/4/61
10. Queen Versus Lindeman - part
two
Synopsis: Mrs. Lindeman (nee Gray) takes the stand, and the defence
counsel leads her to admit that she bore a grudge against Lindeman, whom she believes to
be a bigamist.
Airdate: Melbourne 21/4/61, Sydney 11/4/61
11. Queen Versus Potter - part
one
Synopsis: James Richard Potter is charged with the murder of Patricia
Martin, a middle-aged woman found brutally murdered at the foot of a staircase in her
home. Potter pleads not guilty.
Airdate: Melbourne 28/4/61, Sydney 21/4/61
12. Queen Versus Potter - part
two
Synopsis: The story unfolds of a relationship between the accused and a
young girl, Julie Harper, who provides the accused with an alibi.
Airdate: Melbourne 5/5/61, Sydney 28/4/61
13. Queen Versus Cameron - part
one
Synopsis: Mark John Cameron is charged with the murder of his wife
Felicity. However, the man in the dock not only pleads not guilty, he also denies that he
is Cameron!
Airdate: Melbourne 12/5/61, Sydney 5/5/61
14. Queen Versus Cameron - part
two
Synopsis: The accused has refused to recognise any of the witnesses called
against him, but as the first day's hearing closes he recognises Mrs. Lucille Parker, a
witness for the defence. She says that Cameron was a sick man who had lost his memory, and
she had helped him regain it.
Airdate: Melbourne 19/5/61, Sydney 12/5/61
15. Queen Versus Wrightson
Mary Ann Harmon.......Barbara Frawley
Synopsis: Richard Jeffrey Wrightson is charged with abducting Mary Ann
Harmon, assaulting her causing actual bodily harm, assaulting another woman and illegally
using a motor vehicle. He pleads not guilty.
Airdate: Melbourne 28/5/61, Sydney 18/5/61
16. Queen Versus Salter
.......Beth Thwaites
Synopsis: Ship's mate Harold John Salter is charged with the manslaughter
of fellow seaman Gerald Willis. He pleads not guilty.
Airdate: Melbourne 4/6/61, Sydney 25/5/61
17. Queen Versus Cox
Synopsis: Garage proprietor Daniel Cox dies after the greasing hoist at
his service station is lowered on him. His nephew, 13 year old Jonathon Cox, is charged
with the murder of his uncle.
Airdate: Melbourne 11/6/61,
Sydney 1/6/61
18. Queen Versus Swanson
.......Terence Donovan
.......Reg Barthram
.......Jackie Bowkett
Synopsis: A gangland war results in the violent death of Peter Lenton, who
was shot three times. William Montgomery Swanson, a notorious gang-leader, is charged with
the murder. The jury must decide whether Swanson has been wrongly accused, or if he
planted the evidence to implicate another person.
Airdate: Melbourne 25/6/61
19. Reardon Versus Smithers
Synopsis: There is a mix-up in babies at a hospital.
20. Queen Versus Gray
Synopsis: 40-year-old Martha Gray is charged with the attempted murder of
her husband. She appears completely apathetic, and can do little to assist her defence.
Airdate: Melbourne 9/7/61
21. Queen Versus Haysom
Synopsis: A suburban bank teller is brutally attacked by a masked man who
steals £3,000 from the strongroom. Ronald Charles Haysom is subsequently charged with
robbery with violence, and pleads not guilty.
Airdate: Melbourne 16/7/61
22. Queen Versus Carrington
Synopsis: Herbert John Carrington, a former football and cricket champion,
is charged with the murder of his brother. He pleads not guilty.
Airdate: Melbourne 23/7/61, Sydney 9/7/61
23. Korelli Versus Hamster
Synopsis: Antonio Pietro Korelli is shot at by one of his spinster
neighbours. He brings court action against her, and she retaliates.
Airdate: Melbourne 30/7/61, Sydney 16/7/61
24. Queen Versus Hooper
Synopsis: The Crown Prosecutor claims that Charles Hooper, a respected
member of a country community, murdered another man by 'arranging' for a tree to fall on
him.
Airdate: Melbourne 6/8/61
25. Queen Versus Manning
Airdate: Melbourne 13/8/61,
Sydney 30/7/61
26. Bassett Versus Bassett
Synopsis: Two brothers, Keith and Max Bassett, fight over their father's
will. Keith alleges that Max used influence to have the will changed in his favour. The
case is further complicated by the fact that both brothers are in love with the same
woman.
Airdate: Melbourne 20/8/61, Sydney 6/8/61
27. Queen Versus Andropolous
Synopsis: 48-year-old Katrina Andropolous is accused of murdering her
daughter-in-law. The principal witnesses are those most affected by the tragedy - the
mother of the dead girl, her small daughter and the woman's husband, who is the son of the
accused.
Airdate: Melbourne 27/8/61, Sydney 13/8/61
28. Queen Versus Brown
Synopsis: Clifford Arthur Brown is on trial for the murder of Norman
Thompson, but he has an alibi - he claims he was robbing a factory at the time the murder
took place.
Airdate: Melbourne 3/9/61, Sydney 20/8/61
29. Queen Versus Fleming
Synopsis: Peter Fleming is accused of the abduction of Eileen Powell, a 17-year-old girl whom he claims to love.
Airdate: Melbourne 10/9/61
30. Queen Versus Farrell
Synopsis: 28-year-old John Farrell is charged with breaking and entering
and stealing house goods from a dwelling, the goods being valued at £6,000.
Airdate: Melbourne 17/9/61, Sydney 3/9/61
31. Queen Versus Prentice
Synopsis: Artist's model Patricia Herschell is found murdered aboard a
yacht on the Bay. A drawing found lying near the body is the work of artist Lloyd
Prentice, who is subsequently charged with her murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 24/9/61
32. Queen Versus Godfrey
Synopsis: Catherine Godfrey, secretary to Mr. Smitherson, a real estate
agent, is charged with robbing her employer's wife of £3,000.
Airdate: Melbourne 1/10/61
33. Queen Versus Felton
Defence counsel.......Keith Eden
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Court reporter.......Roland Strong
Synopsis: A 55-year-old solicitor is on trial for the attempted murder of
his wife. A grazier claims he saw the accused push his wife from an upstairs window. The
matter is complicated because his wife had planned to leave him for the grazier.
Airdate: Melbourne 8/10/61
34. Queen Versus Lawton
Geoffrey Lawton.......John Clark
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Synopsis: Barney Reynolds is shot with a 200-year-old flintlock rifle, and
fellow boarder and owner of the weapon, Geoffrey Lawton, is charged with wounding with
intent to kill, although a second man is also suspected.
Airdate: Melbourne 15/10/61
35. Queen Versus Kelly
Synopsis: The Crown claims that Marion Kelly deliberately pushed her
daughter over a cliff to her death, and she is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 22/10/61
36. Queen Versus Reinhardt
Synopsis: Two men are in love with an exceptionally beautiful young woman,
Martha Craig. Carl Reinhardt, a ski-ing instructor who is alleged to have pushed Lawrence
Haines down a treacherous ski run, is on trial for attempted murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 29/10/61
37. Queen Versus Foster
Foster.......Paul Rutenis
.......Laurence Beck
.......Irene Tucker
Synopsis: Brian Foster is a keen student of psychology. His friendship
with two less privileged teenagers suggests he is also a troublemaker, and he is charged
with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 5/11/61
38. Queen Versus Garfield
Synopsis: Ruth Garfield is accused of the murder of her husband.
Airdate: Melbourne 12/11/61
39. Queen Versus Lucas
.......Joan Winchester
.......Leonard Bullen
Synopsis: When Mrs. Lucas is hit and killed by a car, her daughter-in-law
Helen Lucas is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 19/11/61
40. Queen Versus Pittman
Synopsis: Two people are before the court: Elsa Pittman and her husband
Don, who was originally engaged to Elsa's sister Katherine. Katherine died when a car
plunged over a cliff, and Don and Elsa are charged with conspiring to conceal a crime, and
obtaining money by false pretences.
Airdate: Melbourne 26/11/61, Sydney 13/11/61
41. Queen Versus Webber
Airdate: Melbourne 3/12/61
42. Queen Versus Chapman
Airdate:
Melbourne 10/12/61, Sydney 27/11/61
43. Queen Versus Regan
.......Annette Andre
Synopsis: Regan, aged 17, is charged with attempting to stab his
stepfather to death, but he claims he was only defending his mother.
Airdate: Melbourne 17/12/61
44. Queen Versus Williams And Mason
.......Nigel Lovell
.......Penelope Shelton
.......Andrew Bickford
.......Barry Greenwood
.......Harry Lister
Synopsis: Ernie Williams and Des Mason are jointly accused of wanton
destruction and brutal assault when Jessica Butler's home is broken into, and her
belongings ruined by two youths.
Airdate: Melbourne 7/1/62, Sydney 1/1/62
45. Queen Versus Carter
Carter.......Bruce Barry
Sister-in-law.......Moira Carleton
Elizabeth Carter.......Monica Maughan
Synopsis: Four years after Elizabeth
Carter has separated from her American husband, he returns to demand custody of their two
children. In the argument that follows a gun is fired, and she soon faces a charge of wounding with intent to kill.
Airdate: Melbourne 14/1/62
46. Queen Versus Cordell
Himself.......Bill Collins
.......Gloria Dawn
.......Alan Marshall
.......Sue Burman
.......John Wright
.......Robert Jewell
Synopsis: Well known racing identity Harry Cordell faces the accusation
that racehorse 'Jagged Rock' was doped, resulting in the horse falling whilst running in
the Benchford Cup and fatally injuring jockey Barney Cloister. Race commentator Bill
Collins describes the race and gives evidence.
Notes: 3DB / HSV-7 Racing commentator Bill Collins appears as himself.
Airdate: Melbourne 21/1/62,
Sydney 8/1/62
47. Queen Versus MacCallum
.......Earl Francis
.......Diana Monahan
.......Honni Freger
Synopsis: Clive MacCallum is charged with murder when his fiancee, 22-year-old Julie Payne, is found in a married man's flat, killed while taking a shower.
Airdate: Melbourne 28/1/62, Sydney 15/1/62
48. Queen Versus Peterson
.......Natalie Raine
.......Don Evans
.......Ray Angel
Synopsis: Frank Peterson is accused of a robbery that involved a brutal
attack upon a gentle old man. He listens unemotionally while the details of the crime are
recounted by Crown witnesses, but when called to give his own evidence he fights
desperately to convince the jury that he is innocent.
Airdate: Melbourne 4/2/62, Sydney 22/1/62, Adelaide 17/1/62
49. Queen Versus Kasolyi
.......June Clyne
.......Letty Craydon
.......Stan Moore
.......Harry Starling
Synopsis: A handsome young Hungarian meets an Australian woman some twelve
years older than himself, and exerts all his charms to captivate her. Later, the woman's
husband is killed, and the Hungarian is charged with murder, but comes up with a surprise
witness.
Airdate: Melbourne 11/2/62, Sydney 29/1/62
50. Marsden Versus Shaw
.......Pamela Page
.......Henry Gilbert
.......Leslie Smith
.......Kendall Flanagan
Synopsis: A child's future is being decided - the natural mother, rich and
successful, is suing for custody of 7-year-old John Shaw, and is opposed by the married
couple who have looked after John since he was a few weeks old. John comprehends little of
what is said, but he knows he is in danger of being taken away from the people he loves.
Airdate: Melbourne 18/2/62, Sydney 5/2/62
51. Queen Versus Forde
Defence counsel.......Robert Peach
.......Brian James
.......Bill Griffiths
.......George Fairfax
.......Joe Rich
.......Lulla Fanning
.......Barbara Angell
Synopsis: Wally Forde, charged with the murder of his wife, faces a
water-tight case, which he apparently has no interest in defending. His counsel faces a
seemingly impossible task, but skilful cross-examination of a witness uncovers new
evidence and a ray of hope for the accused.
Airdate: Melbourne 25/2/62, Sydney 12/2/62
52. Queen Versus Kingston
.......Carl Bleazby
.......Ian Boyce
.......Carol Gibson
Synopsis: A fine Saturday afternoon and Phillip Kingston, a young
schoolmaster, goes for a drive into the hills in his new sports car.
Outside a post office, he impulsively offers
a girl a lift, she accepts, and he later finds himself involved in a charge of murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 4/3/62, Sydney 19/2/62
53. Queen Versus Griffen
.......Ian Boyce
.......Ray Wheeler
.......Robert Haynes
.......Phyllis Skinner
Synopsis: Press reports of a marriage 15 years ago lead to the
exploitation of a foolish woman. She claims that rather than face scandal about herself
and her child, she has paid silence money over a period of 5 years - amounting in all to
£4,000. A young man and his mother are jointly accused of extortion.
Airdate: Melbourne 11/3/62, Sydney 26/2/62
54. Queen Versus Varner
Lionel Varner.......Owen Weingott
Mrs. Varner.......Diana Givoni
Justice Brady.......Eugene Gorman QC
.......Ron Shand
.......Kenric Hudson
.......Babette Stevens
.......Jim Thompson
.......Kevin Colebrook
Script.......Phil Freedman
Synopsis: Lionel Varner is accused of having obtained money by false
pretences. At his trial he is not represented by counsel, as he is confident that he can
effectively conduct his own defence. He proceeds to ruthlessly cross-examine the women he
is alleged to have defrauded.
Airdate: Melbourne 6/5/62, Sydney 5/3/62
55. Keller Versus Verdons
.......Peter Aanensen
.......Keith Eden
.......Dawn Klingberg
.......Trixie Shilte
.......John Gray
.......George Fairfax
.......Zena Santle
.......Alwyn Owen
.......Golda Prince
Synopsis: A young Swiss girl, Martha Greta Keller, falls in love with Bill
Verdons, an Australian whom she believes plans to marry her. However, Verdons has other
ideas and leads Martha into believing they are married following a bogus marriage
ceremony. When he leaves her, the result is an action for breach of promise.
Airdate: Melbourne 13/5/62, Sydney 12/2/62
56. Queen Versus Miller
.......Carmel Millhouse
.......Russell Jarrett
.......Roland Heimans
.......High Wade
.......Jeanette Bailer
Synopsis: A young boy who has been instrumental in his mother's divorce
and re-marriage gives evidence against his father when his step-father is murdered.
Airdate: Melbourne 20/5/62
57. Queen Versus Bevan
.......Stewart Ginn
.......Ron Pinnell
Synopsis: When his wife is killed, David Bevan informs the police that he
is the murderer. In the early stages of his trial it seems that he will be convicted, but
there is an extraordinary development, and the prosecution is forced to change its whole
approach to the case.
58. Queen Versus Metcalfe
.......James Elliott
.......Anthony Geappen
.......Nancy Warren
.......Lady Jungwirth
Synopsis: Believing that a bushfire would destroy the evidence of his
crime, a murderer leaves the scene. But the house is saved when the wind changes at the
last moment, and when it is discovered that Mrs. Craig has been murdered her nephew Lance
Metcalfe is accused.
Airdate: Adelaide 26/4/62
59. Queen Versus Brooks
.......Loriel Smart
.......Keith Eden
.......Max Height
.......Maurice Murphy
Synopsis: Mrs. Brooks is accused of the attempted murder of a young actor
whom her brother-in-law believes has been blackmailing her.
Airdate: Adelaide 3/5/62
60. Queen Versus Kester
.......Judith Arthy
.......David Mitchell
Synopsis: Kester is brought to court to face a charge of murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 1/4/62
61. Queen Versus Burney
.......Ken Goodlet
.......Gwen Plumb
.......Mary McGregor
Synopsis: When Albert
Burney broke out of jail it was assumed that he had done so because his
old enemy Bill Blackwell had taken his place as co-proprietor of Vi
Burney's apartment house. However, when the police reach the house
Blackwell is already dead, and when Burney is re-captured he faces
another charge - murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 8/4/62
62. Brownley Versus Pagett
.......Natalie Raine
.......Neva Carr-Glyn
.......Jean Campbell
.......Jo Hyman
.......Reginald Newson
.......Patricia Kennedy
.......John Garner
Producer.......Dorothy Crawford
Synopsis: A humorous case develops when five people sue author Georgina
Pagett for libel, claiming that her book 'Cupid Comes To Tempest Avenue' has caused them
much public ridicule.
Airdate: Melbourne 15/4/62
63. Queen Versus Fry
Roger Fry.......Rhoderick Walker
.......Lois Ramsey
.......Morna Jones
Synopsis: Roger Fry, a decorated World War 2 airman, is charged with two
counts of wounding with intent to murder. It is alleged that he went on a rampage of
racial hatred, attacking one German migrant, seriously wounding another, and wounding a
detective.
Airdate: Melbourne 22/4/62
64. Queen Versus Rees
Harold Rees.......Nigel Lovell
.......Marcella Burgoyne
.......Peter Mackie
.......Georgina Alcock
.......Marjorie Archibald
Synopsis: Harold Rees is charged with the murder of an acquaintance of his
girl friend. Jealousy is given as the motive, the killing taking place in Rees' home.
Airdate: Melbourne 29/4/62, Sydney 14/5/62
65. Queen Versus Naughton
Frances Naughton.......Anne Haddy
Mrs. Naughton.......Maiva Drummond
Jack Stevens.......Chris Christensen
Myrna Naughton.......Noel Byrne
Stanley Naughton.......George Whaley
Dr. Winfield.......Frank Watson
Detective.......Eric Millar
.......Cora Bell
Synopsis: When a woman is called upon to bear with an ailing husband, a
man whose morbid outlook makes life a burden to all those around him, she takes certain
steps which lead to his death. The jury has to decide upon a verdict when the woman is
charged with the murder of her husband, which she claims was a 'mercy killing'.
Airdate: Melbourne 27/5/62
66. Queen Versus Palmer
Kevin Tressell.......Max Osbiston
Detective Sergeant.......Gordon Timmins
Crown Prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Patricia Tully.......Fran Gutterres
Angus Palmer.......Arthur Howells
Mrs. Gordon.......Frances Pask
.......Robin McKay
Synopsis: An unusual case comes to court when an old man, a self-appointed
'Defender of Public Morals' in his home town who had the habit of venting his rage on
courting couples, is charged with the attempted murder of a young man popular with the
town girls.
Airdate: Melbourne 3/6/62
67. Queen Versus Langford And
Matthews
Jocelyn Matthews.......Sheila Florance
Eileen Matthews.......Penelope Manners
Michael Thomas.......Ray Longford
Peter Woerden.......Mackie Smetana
Ernest Jackson.......Albert Johnson
Brian Fletcher.......John Dunn
Deborah Nicholls.......Nancy Fryberg
Detective.......Eric Millar
Synopsis: A teenage girl's infatuation with a beatnik guitarist, and a
struggle between her 'old school' guardian and the youth for possession of a gun, bring
tragedy to a suburban home and lead to a young couple standing trial for murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 10/6/62, Sydney 4/6/62
68. Debressac Versus Emerson And
Panter
Rosa Debressac.......Emilica Vera
Waldo St John Panter.......John Hansen
George Debrassac.......Hedley Cullen
Gabrielle Emerson.......Jane Norris
Mrs. Bradfireld.......Beth Thwaites
.......Campbell Copelin
.......Diane Norris
Script.......Osmar White
Synopsis: A motley collection of witnesses, singers, bubble dancers,
writers and artists are called upon to give evidence in a defamation
action brought by a professional singer against a self-styled music critic.
Airdate: Melbourne 17/6/62, Sydney 11/6/62, Brisbane 24/6/62
69. Queen Versus Dark
Michael Dark.......Bob Moore
Margaret Delaney.......Jacqueline Kott
Joyce Pitt.......Joan Levecke
Maureen Baker.......Rhonda Numquam
Mrs. Baker.......Joan Lord
Detective.......Gordon Timmins
Dr. Lodge.......John Kermode
Barbara Mitchell.......Yvonne Nicholson
George Steele.......Malcolm Cooke
Synopsis: Two weeks after being reported as missing by his wife, a man's
body with a knife wound through the heart is dragged from the bed of a lake. Michael Dark
is charged with his murder. The deceased had recently been acquitted of the manslaughter
of Dark's wife and child.
Airdate: Melbourne 24/6/62, Sydney 18/6/62
70. Queen Versus Hughes
Lucy Tucker.......Stella Lamond
Terry Gillespie.......Rod McLennan
Patsy.......Clare Dunne
Mrs. Hughes.......Barbara Brandon
Harold Hartley.......Leonard J. Batty
Pathologist.......P. G. Dixon
.......John Gould
Synopsis: An enthusiastic gardener tackles the wilderness at the back of
the cottage he's just moved into, and turns up three female skeletons. Charged with the
murder is the previous owner, Ernest Patrick Hughes. But is he guilty, or is he a victim
of circumstances?
Airdate: Melbourne 1/7/62
71. Queen Versus Schramm
Anna Schramm.......Greta Glenn
Hedley Payne.......Alan Murray
William Dickinson.......Douglas Kelly
Policewoman.......Jeanette White
Defence counsel.......Robert Peach
Alice Walters.......Sonia Borg
Robson.......George Dixon
Mr. Walters.......Walter Hurlstone
Eleanor Mathieson.......Daphne Miller
Synopsis: An unscrupulous fortune teller collaborates with an equally
unscrupulous estate agent and lands in jail on charges of conspiracy to defraud.
Airdate: Melbourne 8/7/62, Sydney 3/7/62
72. Queen Versus Blair
Lydia Durant.......Maggie Millar
John Blair.......Bruce Oxford
Nora Merton.......Judith Thomson
Anita Hallam.......Felicity Young
Detective.......Eric Millar
McPherson.......Ronald Sambell
Musson.......Raymond O'Reilly
Alice Clark.......Mabel McKinnon
Harold Ross.......Michael Alfonzetti
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Synopsis: Drug addict John Blair is accused of murdering his girlfriend
Lydia Durant when, subsequent to her name being listed with the Missing Persons Bureau, a
woman's skeleton is discovered, and is believed to be hers. Amidst accusations of drug
peddling, Blair denies killing the girl - then Lydia appears in court, still very much
alive.
Airdate: Melbourne 15/7/62, Sydney 10/7/62
73. Queen Versus Cragney
Flynn.......Roy Day
Crown prosecutor.......Roland Strong
Turner.......Bob Hornery
Heathcote.......Alan Tobin
Roslyn Flynn.......Sally White
Mrs. Meredith.......Agnes Dobson
Thomas Cragney.......Alec Regan
Police sergeant.......Robert Earle
Graham Cragney.......Desmond Murphy
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
Synopsis: A man who believes in taking the law into his own hands is
charged with maliciously wounding his neighbour's prize bull. The accused claims he was
actually aiming at his neighbour and hit the bull by mistake.
Airdate: Melbourne 22/7/62, Sydney 17/7/62
74. Queen Versus Nolan
Defence counsel.......Keith Eden
Detective.......Gordon Timmins
Charles Hall.......Roly Barlee
Bette Nolan.......Lynne Breton
Linda.......Julie Day
Doug Buller.......Bert Benney
Donald Dickson.......Maurice Downs
Mrs. White.......Phyllis Iredale
Crown prosecutor.......George Fairfax
Geoff Stevens.......Harry Best
Helen.......Doreen Triggs
Synopsis: American actress Bette Nolan shoots the man whom she blames for
her child’s death, claiming she was too distressed to know what she was doing.
Airdate: Melbourne 29/7/62, Sydney 24/7/62
75. Queen Versus Lawson
Mary Lawson.......Noanie Rothsey
George Lawson.......Franklyn Evans
Bill Lawson.......Andrew Lodge
Mrs. Phillips.......June Clyne
Mrs. Davies.......Olive Verdon
Detective.......Gordon Timmins
Crown prosecutor.......Wynn Roberts
Defence counsel.......Robert Peach
Baker.......John Roberts
Doctor.......John Williamson
Policeman.......Ernie Nunn
Script.......John Ormiston Reid
Synopsis: When George Lawson, a man of high moral principles but short
temper, calls on the married man who, according to local gossip, is having
an affair with his daughter. In a quarrel, the man is stabbed and
dies. The jury must decide whether the dead man was deliberately murdered,
stabbed in a fit of rage or, as the accused man claims, killed
accidentally.
Airdate: Melbourne 5/8/62, Sydney 31/7/62
76. Queen Versus Grant
Kath Hutchins.......Liz Harris
Alice Munro.......Bunney Brooke
Crown prosecutor.......Roland Strong
Leslie Grant.......Danny O'Meara
Wilma Grant.......Lillian Odrowaz
Bruce Munro.......Clifford Neate
Terence Hutchins.......Ross Sellars
Richard Beasly.......Charles Stroubents
Detective.......Eric Millar
Defence counsel.......John Ross
Synopsis: An argument that starts between two men at a football match
leads to a fight. One man dies as a result of his injuries, and the other is charged with
manslaughter.
Airdate: Melbourne 12/8/62, Sydney 7/8/62
77. Queen Versus Glandon
Owen Breasley.......John Fegan
Joyce Breasley.......Natalie Raine
Judith Harper.......Robyn Nevin
Roy Glandon.......Phillip Ross
Shirley Breasley.......Patricia Littlewood
Wilson.......Peter Oysten
James Valgence.......Francis Dunster
Miss Crompton.......Toni Le Parker
Crown prosecutor.......George Fairfax
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
Synopsis: A wealthy farmer is persuaded by his wife to dismiss a hired
hand, Roy Glandon, with whom their daughter has fallen in love. When some time later a
number of sheep are stolen from the property, suspicion falls on Glandon.
Airdate: Melbourne 19/8/62, Sydney 12/8/62
78. Queen Versus Bartel
Hugo Bartel.......Paul Karo
Olga Bartel.......Hazel Hollander
Nick Andronis.......Lorenzo Nolan
Madge Evans.......Renee Wray
Olive Green.......Geraldine Dunphy
Elma Dickens.......Betty Randall
Archibald Motely.......Howard Hodge
Stanley Potts.......Edward Staunton
Nolene Dover.......Beris Sullivan
Henry Gordons.......Gordon Kerry
Synopsis: Hugo Bartel, brought up in a prison camp during World War 2, in
and out of Australian reformatories as a teenager, now stands trial for murder after a
dead man is found in a lift well. Hugo presents a sorry, hopeless picture
- he is an illiterate migrant incapable of convincing a jury of his story
of 'persecution'.
Airdate: Melbourne 23/9/62, Sydney 19/8/62, Brisbane 2/9/62
79. Queen Versus Carson And Carson
Robert Carson.......Bill Bennett
Jenkins.......Joe McCormick
Lena Carson.......Molly Wood
Anne Mills.......Gwen Brittain
Doug French.......Stuart Finch
Denton.......Vernon York
Gates.......Frank Howlett
Van Doren.......Rhoderick Walker
Crown prosecutor.......George Fairfax
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
Defence counsel.......John Ross
.......Mary Callan
Synopsis: Robert Carson and his wife Lena are accused of trying to defraud
by falsely reporting his disappearance on the way to Tasmania so that his wife could claim on his insurance policy.
Airdate: Melbourne 2/9/62, Sydney 26/8/62
80. Queen Versus Goodwin
John Goodwin.......Denys Burrows
Judge.......Senator George Hannan
Schoolgirl.......Jillian Campbell
Joseph Pratt.......Dominic Schipiano
Pensioner.......Daryll Robins
Crown prosecutor.......Roland Strong
Defence counsel.......Robert Peach
.......Edith Coulson
Synopsis: Joseph Pratt's parents are quite willing to let him go away for
a long weekend with close friend John Goodwin. Anxiety then anger sets in when they don't
return, Joseph finally turning up badly disfigured by burns.
Airdate: Melbourne 9/9/62, Sydney 6/9/62
81. Queen Versus Bent
Lynne Driscoll.......Juliana Allen
Tommy Bent.......Harold Blair
Leslie Butler.......David Watt
Graham Butler.......Vernon Spencer
Rocky Hawkins.......James Scullin
Ed Rowe.......Raymond Fedden
Gladys Willetts.......Isobel Kuhl
Constable Foley.......D. McQueen
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
.......Eileen Berry
Synopsis: Tommy Bent, an Aboriginal stockman, falls foul of the boss's
nephew Graham. Trouble develops between them, a fight starts and Graham is shot. Who will
the jury believe - an Aboriginal stockman or the boss's nephew?
Airdate: Melbourne 16/9/62, Sydney 9/9/62
82. Queen Versus Broderick
Miss Broderick.......Fernande Glyn
Crown prosecutor.......Roland Strong
Broderick.......Carl Bleazby
Judge.......John Casson
Granger.......Rod Douglas
Mother-In-Law.......Margaret Reid
Sheila Drummond.......Betty Eames
Radcliff.......Ron Granger
Defence counsel.......John Ross
.......Marilyn Smith
Director.......John Dixon
Synopsis: A man blinded by fire leaves his wife who is dominated by her
money-hungry mother. He and his small daughter, whom he adores, live in a flat where he
earns a living making blankets. They are visited by his estranged wife, and she tells him
that she is taking the child to live with another man. A fight ensues, she is killed, and
he is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 26/8/62, Sydney 16/9/62
83. Queen Versus Bowden
George Bowden.......John Gray
Elsie Bowden.......Olive Walter
Beverley Bowden.......Jessica Noad
Mrs. Hill.......Mary Underhill
Andrew Lucas.......Les Gates
Richard Darnell.......Donald Mackay
Mrs. Wilcox.......Marie Furlong
Munroe.......Les Wood
Constable.......Bob Stewart
Script.......Mary Underhill
Synopsis: A man is charged with maliciously wounding his wife when she
obtains a maintenance order against him.
Airdate: Melbourne 30/9/62, Sydney 23/9/62
84. Scott Versus Black
Thomas Scott.......John Sanger
Clare Scott.......Benita Harvey
Mr. Dean.......Charles Tasman
Arthur Black.......Ken Warne
.......Michael Landy
.......George Smart
.......Lance Nicholls
.......Phyllis Brudenell
Synopsis: Arthur Black is sued for slander by Thomas Scott, his one time
friend and ex-RAAF comrade, after Black makes a damaging statement at a staff party.
Airdate: Melbourne 7/10/62, Sydney 30/9/62
85. Queen Versus Todd
Crown prosecutor.......Kenric Hudson
Defence counsel.......Keith Eden
Lucinda Morell.......Anne Charleston
Lachlan Todd.......Charles Haggith
Anne Hitton.......Monica Sheargold
Dr. Bassett.......Christopher Hill
Basil Duffield.......Andrew Bickford
Victoria Logan.......Sadie Kirsner
Hilda Walkams.......Belle Rothwell
Charles Diamond.......Wiliam Kitchen
Detective.......Eric Millar
Psychiatrist.......L. P. Hamilton
Synopsis: A mentally retarded labourer's wife dies due to a brain
tumour.
Holding a grudge, he throws a home-made bomb into the surgery of the doctor who was
treating her.
Airdate: Melbourne 16/12/62, Sydney 7/10/62
86. Queen Versus MacReady
MacReady.......Burt Malcolm
.......Vaughan Tracey
.......Bryan Edward
.......Alan Rowe
.......Evelyn Gatliff
.......Bryan Edwards
.......Pamela Greenfield
Synopsis: A fading boxer and an ex-convict are accused of
assaulting a
jeweller and stealing diamonds.
Airdate: Melbourne 21/10/62, Sydney 14/10/62
87. Queen Versus Nelson
Nelson.......Don Crosby
Caroline Nelson.......Ethel Lang
Guy Nelson.......John Menara
Rita Holland.......Jenny Gale
Mrs. Carpenter.......Christine Calcutt
Dr. Turner.......Reg Cannon
Psychiatrist.......Alexander Varadi
Detective.......Eric Millar
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Defense counsel.......Robert Peach
.......Betty Birrell
Synopsis: Evidence leaves little doubt that young Mrs. Nelson and her
mother-in-law were on bad terms and frequently disagreed over the upbringing of the children. But would the
older woman go so far as to kill her son's wife?
Airdate: Melbourne 28/10/62, Sydney 21/10/62, Perth 30/12/62
88. Queen Versus Johnson
Mrs. Haughton.......Judith Dick
Johnson.......Bruce Myles
Haughton.......Morton Smith
Miss Peter.......Ruth Pacers
Johnson Snr........Douglas Kelly
Mrs. Anderson.......Margo Harper
Smith.......Barry Harper
Doctor.......Christopher Hill
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Defence counsel.......Keith Eden
Synopsis: When the sports car he is driving skids onto a footpath, killing
a child and injuring the mother, Johnson is charged with manslaughter.
Airdate: Melbourne 4/11/62, Sydney 28/10/62
89. Queen Versus Upton
Keith Upton.......Terence Donovan
Carol Sutherland.......Joy Mitchell
Adelaide Upton.......Queenie Ashton
Hopkins.......Bill Berry
Jane Chatham.......Isobel Kellerman
John Sutherland.......George Virgonas
William Hunt.......Jim Skipworth
Detective.......Eric Millar
Crown prosecutor.......Robert Peach
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
Judge.......Lewis Tegart
.......Alan Light
Synopsis: Richard Upton and his student son Ken are both attracted to the
same girl. When Ken is found gassed to death in a sleep-out, his mother is charged with
the murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 11/11/62, Sydney 4/11/62
90. Queen Versus Katulkas
Judge.......Kenric Hudson
Det. Sgt. Timms.......Gordon Timmins
Vitas Katulkas.......Kurt Ludescher
Mrs. Pommers.......Rachel Holzer
Amanatas.......Kurt Beimel
Trudy Katulkas.......Magda Marzkovits
Rosenbaum.......Mackie Smetana
Ozols.......Fred Dekem
Mrs. Billings.......Jean Freer
Philak.......Earnest Byk
Mitchell.......Frank Palmer
Interpreter.......Saro Abel
Defence counsel.......John Ross
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Synopsis: Vitas Katulkas, a migrant, is charged with obtaining money and
goods by false pretences. He claims the real culprit is a man named Kurt Fleischer, who
allegedly lived in the Katulkas' house.
Airdate: Melbourne 18/11/62, Sydney 11/11/62
91. Queen Versus Whittaker
Andy Whittaker.......Robert McPhee
Judge.......John Royle
Detective.......Eric Millar
Manager.......Chris Christensen
.......Janice Copeland
.......Jack Perry
.......Robert Peach
.......Paul Maloney
.......John Martin
.......James Tuckerman
.......Miki Porter
.......Nola Finn
Synopsis: Young singer Andy Whittaker is charged with attempted murder and
intent to cause grievous bodily harm after his attack on the manager of the revue company
with which he is touring.
Airdate: Melbourne 25/11/62, Sydney 18/11/62
92. Queen Versus MacKinnon
Defence counsel.......Keith Eden
Mrs. MacKinnon.......Joan Letch
Bob MacKinnon.......John O'Sullivan
King.......William Wilson
Doreen Barlow.......Barbara Angell
Mrs. Donaldson.......Cerie Piercy
Chris.......Douglas Banks
Younger.......John Budden
Mrs. Millis.......Eileen Berry
Worthing.......Peter Lacy
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Detective.......Eric Millar
Judge.......John Royle
Synopsis: A man is charged with murder after the death of a car park
attendant who disturbed a thief.
Airdate: Melbourne 9/12/62, Sydney 2/12/62
93. Queen Versus Dean
Leslie Dean.......Ken Goodlet
Judge.......Kenric Hudson
Detective.......Gordon Timmins
Crown prosecutor.......Roland Strong
Bettine Lockhart.......Mary Richards
Miss Pearce.......Helen Harper
Barry Sutton.......Al Thomas
Ted Lockhart.......John Angus
Mrs. Barley.......Ethel Beldam
Brookes.......Eric Little
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
Synopsis: Leslie Dean is charged with
extortion after asking a former girlfriend, Bettine Lockhart, for £150 for a potentially damaging photo and
letter.
Airdate: Melbourne 2/12/62, Sydney 25/11/62
94. Queen Versus Marshall
Linda Marshall.......Clarissa Kaye
Geoffrey Shearman.......Lance Bennett
Jim Palmer.......Jim Taylor
Fletcher.......Paul Eddey
Mrs. Townley.......Roma Williams
Judge.......Lewis Tegart
Mavis Sands.......June Gould
Alan Brereton.......Alwyn Pearce
Doctor.......John Holmes
Synopsis: Attractive Linda Marshall is charged with manslaughter and
driving under the influence of alcohol.
Airdate: Melbourne 17/2/63, Sydney 9/12/62
95. Queen Versus Hastings
Judge.......Kenric Hudson
Dennis Hastings.......Douglas Edmonds
Mrs. Prentiss.......Letty Craydon
Alan Prentiss.......Eric Gormley
Harper.......Dion Boehme
Dorothy Jarvis.......Janis Kelk
Crown prosecutor.......John Maxim
Defence counsel.......John Ross
Mrs. Hastings.......Phyllis Chester
Malley.......William Flett
Bevan.......Patrick Campbell
Synopsis: Teenager Dennis Hastings is charged with wounding with the
intent of causing grievous bodily harm when a man is shot in the leg.
Airdate: Melbourne 5/5/63, Sydney 16/12/62
96. Queen Versus Pohlson ^
Synopsis: After Charles Ridge is stabbed to death, his wife and family are
horrified to discover that the knife found lying beside the body belongs to Otto Pohlson,
the victim's father-in-law and business partner.
Airdate: Sydney 6/11/61,
(Melbourne scheduled 19/11/61, not screened that date)
97. Queen Versus Bannery
Michael Bannery.......Peter Aanensen
Jack McLean.......Tommy Dysart
Det. Sgt. Timms.......Gordon Timmins
Justice Carter.......Kenric Hudson
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Defence counsel.......Robert Peach
Dave Betts.......Bob Jewell
Chris Delaney.......Michael Walsh
Leona Wardle.......Miriam Manne
Myra Fuller.......Marion Edward
Charlie Wang.......Tom Chinn
Joe Wardle.......Robert Haynes
Script.......Douglas Tainsh
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Assistant Producer.......Sonia Borg
Synopsis: Shearer Michael Bannery is charged after assaulting a fellow
shearer, both of whom were attracted to the same woman.
Airdate: Melbourne 27/1/63
98. Queen Versus Adams And Lenton
William Draper.......Terry McDermott
Herbert Pommeroy.......Gordon Glenwright
Harold Lenton.......Neville Gaha
Ruth Adams.......Judy Hooks
Molly O'Brien.......Eileen O'Keefe
Josephine Burke.......Janet Gould
James Wentworth.......Peter Drake
Thomas Harrison.......Leonard Wintour
Bradley.......Les Wood
Detective.......Eric Millar
Synopsis: Adams and Lenton are charged on three counts of robbery with
violence after several people have been attacked and robbed in or near a taxi.
Airdate: Melbourne 24/2/63
99. Queen Versus Clay
Judge.......Kenric Hudson
Defence counsel.......Keith Eden
Detective.......Gordon Timmins
Carla Costella.......Lorna Forbes
Neville Clay.......Ron Sambell
Guiseppe Costella.......Edward Howell
Mrs. Clay.......Louise Hommfrey
Vittorio.......Paul Slaughter
Tony.......James Nevas
Hewitt.......Milton Tyter
Marlene.......Adriane Eldenich
Withers.......Thomas Melroid
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Script.......Douglas Tainsh
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Italian Rocco Costella is found dead with fatal head injuries
and Neville Clay is charged with his murder. But Clay denies ever having owned or worn the
brown suit the murderer was seen wearing.
Airdate: Melbourne 3/3/63, Adelaide 17/3/63
100. Queen Versus Cartwright
Allan Cartwright.......Nevil Thurgood
Crown prosecutor.......Roland Strong
Judge.......John Royle
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
.......Max Bruch
.......Albert Connell
.......Mitch Mathews
Synopsis: A well known criminal is shot, and Allan Cartwright, proprietor
of a dry-cleaning agency, is charged with attempted murder. However, the accused says the
victim was running an extortion racket, and the defence counsel's hopes rest upon the
evidence of an obviously terrified man.
Airdate: Melbourne 17/3/63, Sydney 17/2/63
101. Queen Versus Farragh
Detective.......Gordon Timmins
William Farragh.......John Burls
.......Lloyd Cunningham
.......Gloria McDonald
.......Lillian Lavender
.......John Baker
.......Bill Lewis
.......Norman Kuhl
Synopsis: William Farragh pleads not guilty to murder when the body of
Reginald Crombey is found on a cliff top, and he denies even knowing him.
Airdate: Melbourne 24/3/63, Sydney 24/2/63
102. Queen Versus Grimsley
Mark Grimsley.......David Spurling
Joanne Grimsley.......Jennifer Robinson
Jack Watson.......Alan Terrie
Grace Casper.......Sally Dobson
Edison.......John Armstrong
Graham Fox.......Irving Dimmit
Mrs. Wadsworth.......Nancye Stewart
Synopsis: Mark Grimsley is on trial for forging a £1,700 cheque. An
acquaintance of Grimsley happens to be on the jury, and he offers to influence the verdict
- for a price.
Airdate: Melbourne 31/3/63, Sydney 3/3/63
103. Queen Versus Gresham
Detective.......Eric Millar
.......Dorothy Bradley
.......Joanne Duff
.......Jack Bowkett
.......Hazel Hollander
.......May Horder
.......Allan Richmond
.......Chris Hesse
.......Raymond Black
.......Des McQueen
.......Norman Hobbs
Synopsis: Lorraine Gresham pleads not guilty to attempted suicide and the
murder of Alan Petersen. They were found in a locked car with a hose from the exhaust pipe
leading into the car.
Airdate: Melbourne 19/5/63, Sydney 10/3/63
104. Queen Versus Pannam
Jack Pannam.......Vic Haggith
Farmer.......Allen Ruthven
William Mann.......Harold Wagland
Lacy.......Joe Sorbeller
Sandra Ellis.......Naomie Wilson
Emily Parson.......Gazel Bulleld
Doctor.......Patrick Kirkwood
Keen.......Ronald Northroy
Mrs. Ellis.......Mary Callan
Synopsis: On a building site, dogman Jack Pannam was guiding a huge girder
into position when a member of the construction crew was swept to his death by the
swinging beam. Pannam is charged with murder when witnesses claim he gave orders which led
to the man’s death.
Airdate: Melbourne 14/4/63, Sydney 17/3/63
105. Queen Versus Fenwick
Angela Fenwick.......Elizabeth Wing
Randolph Fenwick.......David Williams
Robert Fenwick.......Andrew Guild
Martin Jones.......Albert Johnson
Emma Fenwick.......Muriel Stevens
Jeremy Stevens.......James White
Charles Hill.......Arthur Howells
Detective.......Gordon Timmins
Synopsis: Randolph Fenwick is charged with murder when, after heavy rain
washes away soil in dense scrub, his son discovers the skeleton of Sally Alexander,
reported missing over twenty years ago.
Airdate: Melbourne 21/4/63, Sydney 24/3/63
106. Queen Versus Luxton
Cynthia Martin.......Elspeth Ballantyne
Julian Hersley.......Allan Light
Cornelius Luxton.......Hedley Cullen
Angela Brown.......Janet Hollister
Mooney.......Donald Beaton
Golanz.......George Dixon
Miss Phillips.......Connie Christie
Synopsis: Art dealer Cornelius Luxton is charged with the murder of artist
Arthur Bright after Bright's body is found in a well on Luxton's property. Evidence
suggests that Luxton and Bright were accomplices in an art racket.
Airdate: Melbourne 28/4/63, Sydney 31/3/63
107. Queen Versus Buckley And Field
Judge.......Kenric Hudson
Crown prosecutor.......Roland Strong
John Tampo.......Reg Mankin
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
Detective.......Eric Millar
.......Bunney Brooke
.......Ivor Bromley
.......Carl Luck
.......Leona Perry
.......Addie Black
.......Sandra English
.......Wynn Austin
.......Peter McKie
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: A small girl is killed, but it is suspected that the bullet was
meant for circus owner John Tampo for revenge. Two former employees, William Buckley and
Tom Field, are charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 26/5/63, Sydney 7/4/63
108. Queen Versus Rosenski
Defence counsel.......Keith Eden
Defence counsel.......George Fairfax
Judge.......Lewis Tegart
Detective.......Gordon Timmins
Janis Rosenski.......Christopher Higgins
.......Ron Shand
.......Shirley Donald
.......Molly Woods
.......Terence Dance
.......Lorna Taber
.......Ken Bower
.......James Edwards
Director.......John Dixon
Synopsis: A small boy is kidnapped and a short time later two bodies,
those of a man and a boy, are discovered in a shallow grave. Janis Rosenski, who has
confessed to being connected with the kidnapping, is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 12/5/63, Sydney 14/4/63
109. Queen Versus Mantle
Clifford Mantle.......Joe McCormick
Mrs. Mantle.......Nelly Lamport
Barbara Mantle.......Madeleine Howell
Doctor.......Lance Nicholls
Synopsis: Clifford Mantle is charged with the murder of his 19-year-old
son. The only witness is the accused's mother, who is suffering from amnesia.
Airdate: Melbourne 2/6/63, Sydney 21/4/63
110. Queen Versus Hammer
Mike Donovan.......Syd Conabere
Mrs. Donovan.......Rona Johnstone
Harry Finn.......Bill Griffin
.......David Copping
.......Douglas Kelly
.......John Ross
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: gang warfare between two standover groups appears to have been
the cause of the murder of Mike Donovan. Eric Hammer, a member of the rival group, is
charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 9/6/63, Sydney 28/4/63
111. Queen Versus Lanyon ^
Robert Lanyon.......Owen Weingott
Judge.......Keith Johns
.......Marjorie Archibald
.......Mary Norton
.......Anna Lee
.......Garth Wilding-Forbes
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Robert Lanyon helps smuggle a Chinese girl into Australia. When
she is found dead in a crate on the wharf, he is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 18/8/63, Sydney 5/5/63
112. Queen Versus Burns
Hilary.......Marilyn Mayo
Judge.......Kenric Hudson
Raymond Burns.......Peter Drake
Mrs. Burns.......Natalie Raine
Albert Scholes.......Malcolm Billing
Defence counsel.......Christopher Hill
Crown prosecutor.......Wynn Roberts
.......Esme Melville
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: A soldier pleads not guilty to a charge of attacking a young
girl. His defence counsel states he suffered concussion on the day before the attack.
Airdate: Melbourne 23/6/63, Sydney 12/5/63
113. Queen Versus Charleswith
Brian Charleswith.......Bruce Myles
.......Tom Farley
.......Marie Furlong
.......John Fairfax
.......John Ross
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: 18-year-old Brian Charleswith pleads guilty to a charge of
murder, but the judge suggests that justice would be better served if he pleaded not
guilty.
Airdate: Melbourne 30/6/63, Sydney 19/5/63
114. Queen Versus Smith
John Smith.......Geoffrey Goldsmith
Crown prosecutor.......John Maxim
.......Kay Eklund
.......Ian Boyce
.......Marion Becroft
.......Louise Homfrey
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Joan Smith disappears, and her small son is brought into
hospital a short time later, suffering from an attempted strangulation. Later, Joan's body
is discovered under a house, and her husband is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 7/7/63, Sydney 26/5/63
115. Queen Versus Hunter
Frederick Hunter.......Blaise Antony
Defence counsel.......Keith Eden
Marjorie Buxton.......Lois Ramsay
Ann Taylor.......Isobel Skelton
.......Peter Clarke
.......Robert Ford
.......Keith Napier
.......Bert Benny
.......Joseph Szabor
Synopsis: For society girl Betty Daynes, gambler Frederick Hunter was
excitingly romantic, even if he was from the wrong side of the tracks. But the romance
ends in her death - she is found on a golf course shot in the head, and Hunter is charged
with her murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 14/7/63, Sydney 2/6/63
116. Queen Versus Young
Derek Young.......Richard Howe
.......Terri Aldred
.......Helen Douglas
Synopsis: Derek Young asks his wife for a divorce so that he can marry
someone else, but she refuses. A short time later, she barely escapes incineration when
trapped in a mysterious household fire, and Young is charged with attempted murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 21/7/63
117. Queen Versus Kingsley
Alexander Kingsley.......John Rickard
Margaret Kingsley.......Patricia Kennedy
.......Al Mack
.......Julie Copeland
.......Carla Christaris
.......Jim Murphy
.......Ken Bower
.......Alwyn Peers
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Alexander Kingsley has had constant arguments with his wealthy
invalid step-father, so much so that the old man changes his will in favour of his
daughter Margaret. Mr. Kingsley is later found dead, and Alexander is charged with his
murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 28/7/63
118. Queen Versus Radford
Laura Radford.......Sheila Florance
Crown prosecutor.......Chris Christensen
.......Kenric Hudson
.......Wynn Roberts
.......Tony de Clifford
.......Peter Oysten
.......Helen Harper
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: There appears to have been a continual conflict between Jack
Radford and his second wife Laura over her son Bruce. When Jack is fatally wounded by a
shotgun blast, Laura is charged with murder. She pleads self defence,
despite evidence that provides a strong murder motive.
Airdate: Melbourne 4/8/63, Sydney 23/6/63, Adelaide 28/7/63
119. Queen Versus Travers
Lauren Travers.......Marguerite
Owen
.......Kenric Hudson
.......Ray Sherry
.......George Fairfax
.......John Ross
.......Golden Prince
.......Geoffrey Gray
.......Lee Parry
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Finance racketeer Richard Dennison's defacto wife is charged
with his murder, the motive being that she wanted to leave him for someone else.
Airdate: Melbourne 11/8/63, Sydney 30/6/63
120. Queen Versus Handson
Ken Handson.......Lex Mitchell
.......Terence Donovan
.......Ruth Pacers
.......Pat Littlewood
.......Roger Cox
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: A man is slashed to death.
Ken Handson, who had a grudge against him, is charged. Both men visited a sly grog shop.
Airdate: Melbourne 25/8/63
121. Queen Versus Campbell
Phillip Campbell.......Charles Meade
.......Terry McDermott
.......Julia Blake
.......Beth Nichols
.......John Ross
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Phillip Campbell is charged on three counts of obtaining money
by false pretences, after several people in a country town invest and lose money with him.
Airdate: Melbourne 1/9/63, Sydney 14/7/63
122. Queen Versus Blunt
Crown prosecutor.......Terry Norris
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
Judge.......Kenric Hudson
Marion.......Veronica Blanco
.......Eric Coladetti
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Jealousy between two men in a fencing repair gang results in a
death, and the other is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 8/9/63, Sydney 21/7/63
123. Queen Versus Hesketh
Mrs. Hesketh.......Pamela Mai
Hesketh.......Dennis Doonan
.......Kurt Ludescher
.......Robert Haynes
.......John Ross
Script.......Rosalie Stephenson
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: A psychiatrist is called in when a distraught mother is accused
of murdering her three-month-old baby. The baby is heir to a £25,000 legacy. Her defence is that she was deeply
depressed at the time, and her plea is guilty of a serious crime, but not
guilty of murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 15/9/63, Sydney 28/7/63
124. Queen Versus Tudor
Richard Tudor.......Bill Lewis
Detective.......Gordon Timmins
Crown prosecutor.......Terry Norris
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
.......Marie Redshaw
.......Keith Johns
.......Isobel Deller
.......Gusti Korner
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Shopkeeper Alan Chilton is shot and fatally wounded. It appears
robbery is the motive, and Richard Tudor is charged.
Airdate: Melbourne 22/9/63, Sydney 4/8/63, Adelaide 8/9/63
125. Queen Versus Challis And
Burrows
.......John Stevens
.......Vicki Bettese
.......Rita Rider
.......Sally Sander
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Jeweller Peter Berg, who is in the habit of taking diamonds he
has in stock home with him, is robbed and badly wounded. Noel Burrows
and his girlfriend Jean Challis are charged with attempted murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 29/9/63, Adelaide 15/9/63
126. Queen Versus Ling
Anna Ling.......Chin Yu
Crown prosecutor.......Terry Norris
.......Edward Howell
.......John Ross
.......Keith Johns
.......Stephen Kenny
.......Glenda Pusey
.......Maureen Winter
.......Shelagh Keating
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Was Jimmy Reynolds, cabaret manager, pushed down a flight of
stairs, or did he slip? This is the question during the murder trial of singer Anna Ling.
Airdate: Melbourne 6/10/63, Adelaide 22/9/63
127. Queen Versus Drake
Albert Drake.......Clarrie Rule
Robert Drake.......Richard Rule
.......Bruno Weisz
.......Bettina Smeaton
.......Robert McPhee
.......Ian Boyce
Synopsis: Identical twins become involved when a singer is stabbed to
death. Before she dies she names her killer - Albert Drake. Confusion arises when the
Court learns that Drake has been on a prison farm for some time, and more
confusion arises when Drake's identical twin brother, Robert, becomes
involved in the case.
Airdate: Melbourne 13/10/63, Adelaide 29/9/63
128. Queen Versus Willis
.......Douglas Morgan
.......Mark Edward
.......Alison Bauldt
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Wealthy society girl Glenda Willis falls in love with a
penniless youth. After a bitter family argument, her father is charged with attempted
murder of the boy.
Airdate: Melbourne 20/10/63, Sydney 1/9/63
129. Queen Versus Robbins
Detective.......Gordon Timmins
.......Bill Bennett
.......Barbara Brandon
.......Allan Murray
.......Pat McLean
.......Marie Benson
.......Vittario Biance
.......Alwyn Owen
.......Myrtle Woods
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: A surprise witness, an official court reporter, adds strength to the
prosecution
case when Herbert Robbins is charged with the murder of his wealthy wife.
Airdate: Melbourne 27/10/63, Sydney 8/9/63
130. Queen Versus Bristow
Anthony Bristow.......Tony Standen
.......Marion Johns
.......Kurt Beimel
.......Hurst Burgfried
.......Marianne Rainier
.......Adrianne Keiderich
Director.......John Dixon
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Margaret Westlock, an attractive young British immigrant, is
found dead on a river bank a few days after one of her many boyfriends, Anthony Bristow,
had threatened to kill her. Bristow is charged with her murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 24/11/63, Sydney 15/9/63, Adelaide 20/10/63
131. Queen Versus McAlister
Edward McAlister.......Chris Christensen
.......Nevil Thurgood
.......Peggy Nunn
.......Lindsay Wilson
Synopsis: Orchardist Edward McAlister is charged with the murder of
employee Henry Parsons, who McAlister claims was paying undue attention to his wife.
Airdate: Melbourne 17/11/63, Adelaide 27/10/63
132. Queen Versus Condor
Harry Condor.......John Llewellyn
Mrs. 'A'.......Laurel Young
.......Bryan Niland
.......Janice Weldon
.......Neil Phillipson
Synopsis: The re-appearance of a missing man and a mysterious witness
greatly aids the Crown's case against gangster Harry Condor.
Airdate: Melbourne 1/12/63, Sydney 29/9/63, Adelaide 3/11/63
133. Queen Versus Railton
Julius Armstrong.......Walter Pym
.......Manuel Bugeja
.......Fred Ford
.......William Kitchen
.......Aileen Palmer
.......Mal Carmont
.......Barry Greenwood
.......Adele Raye
.......John Ross
.......Vernon Lisle
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Peter Railton has declared in front of several people that he'll
break up the romance between his former girlfriend, Margaret Lister, and her new love. Then she is found
dead, and Railton is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 8/12/63, Sydney 2/2/64, Adelaide 10/11/63
134. Queen Versus Mackay
Joe Mackay.......Al Mack
.......Lorna Forbes
.......John Tydde
.......Lulla Fanning
Synopsis: A theatre's safe is rifled, and a nightwatchman is injured.
Police charge theatrical employee Joe Mackay with the crimes, but he strongly protests his
innocence.
Airdate: Melbourne 15/12/63
135. Queen Versus Grainger
.......Gerda Nicolson
.......Dion Boehme
.......Sandra Power
.......Terry Phipps
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: An attractive young girl and a young boy's ambition for gang
leadership are the Crown's alleged motives for the murder of Terence Roper. The accused
claims two unknown witnesses could clear him if they came forward.
Airdate: Melbourne 26/1/64, Sydney 20/10/63, Adelaide 24/11/63
136. Queen Versus Driscoll
Frisby (Defence counsel).......John Gregg
Crown prosecutor.......Terry Norris
Mrs. Maudling.......Hilda Scurr
Shirley-Ann Gibson.......Robin McKay
Justice Carter.......Kenric Hudson
Noel Tulley.......Ronald Dix
Ronald Driscoll.......Clive Winmill
Det. Sgt. Ericson.......Eric Millar
Joan Broadhurst.......Jo-Anne Lucas
Const. West.......Des McQueen
Mr. Hillsop.......Les Gates
Geoffrey Learner.......Henry Moon
Script.......Graeme Wicks
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Assistant Producer.......Sonia Borg
Synopsis: A man is accused of murder after a newspaper article about a
wealthy old man's miser lifestyle brings about his death.
Airdate: Melbourne 2/2/64, Sydney 27/10/63, Adelaide 1/12/63
137. Queen Versus Hawke
Peter Hawke.......Don McManus
Howard Fenton.......William Hodge
John Drummond.......Ernie Bourne
Crown prosecutor.......Terry Norris
Judge.......Keith Johns
Defence counsel.......John Ross
Susan Summer.......Joanne West
.......Peter Williams
.......Anne Charleston
.......Dorothy Moore
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Seaman Peter Hawke returns from overseas disapproving of his
fiancee's new job in a 'hostess service', and when her employer is subsequently found
bashed to death, Hawke is charged with the murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 16/2/64, Adelaide 8/12/63
138. Queen Versus Queen
139. Queen Versus Benson
Det.
Sgt. Bronson.......Terry McDermott
Jake Benson.......Herbert Nelson
Defence Counsel Carter.......Kenric Hudson
Crown Prosecutor Winter.......Wynn Roberts
Mrs. Morgan.......Roberta Hunt
Andrew Yates.......Ray Wheeler
Robert Powell.......Cyril Goode
Richard Thomas.......Bob Earle
Nick Ravallas.......Nick Sofocles
Henry Clarkson.......Brian Hannan
Graeme Corbett.......Francis Dunster
.......David James
Synopsis: Jake Benson claims he has gotten away with murder soon after his
release from two years in prison. Flashbacks to his trial tell his story, with a surprise
ending.
Notes: Terry
McDermott plays Det. Sgt. Bronson, a role he later played as one of the
original cast of Homicide.
Airdate: Melbourne 1/3/64, Sydney 10/11/63, Brisbane 17/11/63, Adelaide
15/12/63, Perth 20/3/64, Hobart TAS 14/6/64
140. Queen Versus Clarke
Mrs. Clarke.......Stella Lamond
Vernon Clarke.......Jon Golding
Defence counsel.......Terri Aldred
Crown prosecutor.......Robert Peach
Script.......Sonia Borg
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Young office boy Vernon Clarke is sacked from his job in a
fashion house. A short time later, the building is destroyed by fire, and Clarke is
charged with arson.
Airdate: Melbourne 22/3/64, Adelaide 26/1/64
141. Queen Versus Bragge
John Bragge.......Reg Evans
Sandra Peterson.......Shendelle Franklin
Defence counsel.......Peter Aanensen
Justice Dickens.......Keith Johns
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Landlady.......Lorna Taber
Pathologist.......Ken Bower
Judith Harris.......Marlean Enden
Hayes.......John Deane
Mrs. Fawkner.......Ruth Huckstep
Ronald Tollis.......Mark Albiston
Mary Ashton.......Deirde O'Day
Beryl Ferguson.......Moira Treacher
Script.......Edward Wright
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg
Script Editor.......Phil Freedman
Synopsis: Sandra Peterson thought John Bragge to be the most gentle person
she had ever met. But now he is standing trial for attempting to strangle two young girls.
Airdate: Melbourne 29/3/64 (originally scheduled
15/3/64), Sydney 1/12/63, Brisbane 6/12/63, Perth 10/4/64, Adelaide 2/2/64
142. Queen Versus Fraser ^
Harold Warner.......Tom Farley
Reg Fraser.......Reg Gorman
Elizabeth Fraser.......Joan Letch
Don Fraser.......George Whaley
Crown prosecutor.......Terry Norris
Justice Carter.......Kenric Hudson
Defence counsel.......John Ross
Pathologist.......Ken Bower
Kevin Murphy.......Donuil Cowell
Robert Stevens.......Ted Owen
Margo Callinan.......Diane Bell
Rita Grange.......Nancye Hayes
Script.......Phil Freedman
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Associate Producer.......Sonia Borg
Synopsis: Three people believed to be connected with a diamond robbery go
out to fish in a rowboat, but only two return, and Reg Fraser is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 22/3/64, Sydney 8/12/63, Brisbane 15/12/63, Adelaide
9/2/64, Perth 17/4/64, Hobart TAS 12/7/64
143. Queen Versus Kubacek
.......Laurence Beck
.......Paul Rutensis
.......Irene Tucker
Synopsis: A university student is a keen student in psychology, but his
friendship with two less privileged teenagers suggests that he, himself,
is a born troublemaker.
Airdate: Melbourne 11/4/64,
Sydney 15/12/63
144. Queen Versus Milton
.......Frank Taylor
.......John Frawley
.......Douglas Kelly
.......Jeanne Battye
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: An amateur theatrical group's play ends in tragedy when a prop
gun is replaced by a more deadly weapon. Actor Arthur Bourke is killed,
and another actor is charged with his murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 18/4/64
145. Queen Versus Langdon
.......Tom Oliver
.......Clifford Neate
.......Lloyd Cunningham
.......Judith Roberts
.......Eric Hayes
.......Pat Allen
Synopsis: Peter Langdon faces his second trial on the charge of having
stolen a cheque from his brother, Arthur, and pleads not guilty.
Airdate: Melbourne 25/4/64, Sydney 16/2/64
146. Queen Versus Fremont
Adrian Fremont.......Leonard Teale
.......Lyn Ashley
.......John Hill
.......Bonny Ferguson
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: An affair between two married people, Laura Fremont and Derek
Stafford, results in Stafford's death. Laura's husband, Adrian Fremont, is charged with
murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 2/5/64
147. Queen Versus Shepherd
Judge.......Kenric Hudson
Crown prosecutor.......Terry Norris
Defence counsel.......Wynn Roberts
.......Robert Burnham
.......John Paten
.......Monica Sheargold
.......Su Berman
.......Lorna Forbes
.......Anne O'Farrell
Synopsis: To get a partnership in a building firm, August Shepherd needs
money, so he decides to marry a wealthy woman. His ambitions end, however, when he is
charged with robbery with violence.
Airdate: Melbourne 9/5/64, Sydney 1/3/64
148. Queen Versus Dixon
Dixon.......John D'Arcy
Mrs. Dixon.......Felicity Young
Crown prosecutor John Taylor.......George Fairfax
Defence counsel.......Terri Aldred
.......Marjorie Irving
.......David Spurling
.......Keith Johns
.......Eileen Rice
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: A psychologically disturbed woman believes that the hospital
where she gave birth to a still-born son made a terrible mistake. She pleads not guilty to
the murder of a baby born at the same time as her son.
Airdate: Melbourne 16/5/64, Sydney 8/3/64
149. Queen Versus Humphries
.......Lyndall Rowe
.......Ben Gabriel
.......Reg Gorman
.......Kenric Hudson
.......Peter Aanensen
.......Allan Lander
.......Terry Norris
.......Louise Homfrey
.......Bill McGrath
Synopsis: Helen Humphries, daughter of station owner Frank Humphries,
takes great delight in playing her suitors off against one another - resulting in the
death of one of them, Patrick Hooper. Humphries is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 23/5/64, Sydney 15/3/64
150. Queen Versus Nichols
Beryl Nichols.......Betty Dyson
.......James Lynch
.......Rhonda Numquam
.......Keith Johns
Synopsis: Alcoholic Eric Nichols makes life miserable for his family. When
he is stabbed, his wife Beryl is charged with attempted murder. She pleads not guilty.
Airdate: Melbourne 30/5/64, Sydney 22/3/64
151. Queen Versus Merrick
.......Martin Magee
.......Moira Farrow
.......Janice Weldon
Synopsis: Nursing sister Suzanne Merrick had been responsible for elderly
invalid Mrs. Sylvester, who had promised to leave her £500 upon her death. When Mrs.
Sylvester is poisoned, Suzanne Merrick is charged with her murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 10/10/65, Sydney 29/3/64
152. Queen Versus Dvorcak
Dvorcak.......Vija Vetra
.......Francis Einhorn
.......Joe Hyman
.......Peter Drake
Synopsis: A young migrant, Nicolas Dvorcak, a troublemaker who has served
a prison term, is charged with the murder of his uncle, Anton Dvorcak, with whom he often
quarrelled.
Airdate: Melbourne 10/10/65, Sydney 5/4/64
153. Queen Versus Stokes
.......Kenny Polo
.......Bill Waters
.......Malcolm Phillips
Synopsis: At the first trial of Herbert Stokes, charged with his
wife’s murder, the jury did not agree on a verdict because no motive was established.
For the next trial the prosecutor says he has found a motive.
Airdate: Melbourne 17/10/65, Sydney 12/4/64
154. Queen Versus Grayson
.......Julia Blake
.......Jennifer Claire
.......Glen Farmer
Synopsis: David Philbrick is a very wealthy man with a young wife. When he
is stabbed at a fancy dress party, one of his employees and a friend of his wife's, Roger
Grayson, is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 24/10/65, Sydney 19/4/64
155. Queen Versus Chadwick
.......Peter Aanensen
.......Ron Shand
.......Carolyn Stein
.......Alisa Tizzard
.......Alan Rowe
.......Michael Boddy
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Cabaret owner Peter Stone suspects fraud, and tells his manager,
Chadwick, that the profits are rather small. When Stone's 'strong-arm' man is shot,
Chadwick is charged with murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 31/10/65, Sydney 26/4/64
156. Queen Versus Barrett
Lillian Barrett.......Ethel Gabriel
.......William Hodge
.......Bruno Weisz
.......Addie Black
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: A charge of attempted murder hangs over the head of Lillian
Barrett, after Emily Dingley narrowly escapes death by poisoning. It
appears to be a case of
the eternal triangle.
Airdate: Melbourne 7/11/65, Sydney 3/5/64
157. Queen Versus Evans ^
.......Douglas Hall
.......James Mellen
Director.......John Dixon
Synopsis: A young girl is stabbed to death outside a sleazy cafe, shortly
after she had left with an acquaintance, John Evans, who is charged with her murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 3/9/66, Adelaide 24/7/66
158. Queen Versus Morgan
.......Tex Clarke
.......Jon Ewing
.......Howard Bell
Synopsis: Following a shooting in his home, Frank Morgan spent six months
in prison for refusing to disclose the name of his assailant. But he swore to get even in
his own way, and is now accused of the murder of his partner in a standover racket.
Airdate: Melbourne 23/1/66, Sydney 17/5/64
159. Queen Versus Woods
.......Marie Furlong
.......George Whaley
.......Jim King
Synopsis: A 10-year-old girl is brutally murdered, and Chris Woods, a
young man seen talking to the girl, is charged with her murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 30/1/66, Sydney 24/5/64
160. Queen Versus Wilson
.......Ian Turpie
.......Kit Taylor
.......Joan Marrow
Synopsis: Having often
expressed the intention of murdering his invalid step-father, Peter Wilson is charged with the
crime after the old man is found dead.
Airdate: Melbourne 3/2/68, Sydney 31/5/64
161. Queen Versus Meaker
.......Bob Hornery
.......Rick Andrewartha
Synopsis: Twelve months after the death of his wife, Herbert Meaker is
charged with murder. Was Mrs. Meaker poisoned, and if so, by whom? These questions have to
be answered at Herbert Meaker's trial.
Airdate: Melbourne 8/1/67, Sydney 7/6/64
162. Queen Versus Valli
.......Joy Mitchell
.......Walter Sullivan
.......Don Crosby
.......Edwin Ride
Director.......Bruce Ross-Smith
Producer.......Ian Crawford
Synopsis: Valli is charged with the shipboard murder of wealthy Geoffrey
Stokes, after he had won a considerable amount of money from Valli in a game of cards.
Airdate: Melbourne 15/1/67, Sydney 14/6/64
163. Queen Versus Bennett
.......Max Phipps
.......Queenie Ashton
.......Ian Boyce
Synopsis: Frederick Bennett, a young machine engineer, believes that his
fiancee Christine Evans is seeing another man. When she is found strangled, he is charged
with her murder.
Airdate: Melbourne 24/2/68, Sydney 21/6/64
