These stories about a pair of clever lawyers who use loopholes and the esoterica of the law to get their clients off (usually) are entertaining when taken one or two at a time, but get a little tedious at greater length. They are leisurely, to say the least, with many of the pages taken up by Mr. Tutt (the senior partner) going on and on about aspects of the law or peculiar cases in legal history, such as trying animals for crimes. No doubt this is all true, since the author was a lawyer himself. That aspect gives these stories (of which this is just the first of several volumes) a little more gravity than a lot of vintage stories of the period (c. 1919) that are basically throwaway entertainment (if they entertain at all) these days. I might dig into the next volume at some point. All are easily available as free downloads. There is even one volume that is Mr. Tutt's autobiography. ( )

A delightful, light comedy about a couple of earthy, yet heart-of-gold lawyers during the early 1920s. The author is noted as being "Formerly Assistant District Attorney New York County" ( )