For the People

January 31, 1965

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

February 14, 1965

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.

February 21, 1965

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

February 28, 1965

No overview available.

March 7, 1965

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

March 14, 1965

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

March 21, 1965

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

March 28, 1965

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.

April 4, 1965

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

April 11, 1965

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.

April 25, 1965

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.

May 2, 1965

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.

May 9, 1965

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.