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In John Mortimer's satirical look at criminal law and the workings of the Old Bailey, Horace Rumpole is a barrister who spouts Wordsworth to himself and is famed among colleagues for his battered hat and general slovenliness. His wife, known as "She who must be obeyed," sometimes thinks Rumpole has been so busy playing parts in courts that he's lost all trace of his own identity.

An MP is accused of raping one of his assistants, and seems reluctant to defend himself.
Rumpole is very content to be defending a drugs case in the peace of the West Country.
Rumpole successfully defends a teenager accused of robbery with violence.
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