Read by Bill Wallis

The Golden Thread that the great British defence attorney, Horace Rumpole,
refers to is an inalienable presumption in British Common Law, that any
individual brought before the bar for judgement has a presumption of
innocence in his/her favour, i.e. that we are all presumed innocent until
we are proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt to twelve good people true
(our peers). This holds whether in Old Bailey, or the wilds of darkest
Africa--wherever the British system of justice has taken root and grown.
Rumpole is a loveable old curmudgeon, writing his memoirs about cases he
has tried before the Bar. There are six stories in this book:

* Rumpole and the Genuine Article, where a painting's genuine nature is
in dispute.
* Rumpole and the Golden Thread, where he goes to a former British colony
in Africa to see justice done;
* Rumpole and the Old Boy Net, about a "friendly house" and a charge of
blackmail;
* Rumpole and the Female of the Species, where he uses manipulation to
get a young girl barrister hired in their Chambers;
* Rumpole and the Sporting Life, where he defends the said barrister's
sister, who is charged with murdering her husband, a successful and well-
loved jockey;
* Rumpole and the Last Resort, wherein he is broke, and left by his wife
Hilda (whom he calls She Who Must Be Obeyed); he collapses in court while
pleading a case, and the aftermath.

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