The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Horace Rumpole is an "Old Bailey Hack," one of the underpaid barristers who ply the courtrooms of the Old Bailey, London's criminal court. Rumpole refused to handle most suits and will never prosecute. He always defends. Each of his trials has both a victory and a defeat in them, his clients who are acquitted often angrier than those who are found guilty. There is always at least one and often two subplots.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Horace Rumpole is an aging barrister, plying his trade at the Old Bailey. He only does crime trials and is always representing the defendant. We follow his cases, his eccentricities, his relationship with his wife Hilda and his interactions with his colleagues.—grantss
The humorous tails of Horace Rumpole. Rumpole is a barrister who appears in the Old Bailey, London. He deals with criminals, barristers, judges, and his wife Hilda, whom he calls in his thoughts : "She Who Must Be obeyed ".—Itamar Rotlevi