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There's a lot of publicity about the case and political pressure. No one wants the judicial killing of a woman in an election when the female vote is being courted.
Against this, Arthur and his clerk, Edgar, try to find the best line of defence. The police aren't interested, they think they've got the guilty party, but there is quite a bit of history and rumours of a corrupt police force that used to be in thrall to Ted's father, Sid, and remains under Ted's mother's thumb.