[2] It is considered one of the first programs that initiated the court show genre, which later was broadcast on television as Famous Jury Trials.
At the beginning of each episode, the judge was heard as he instructed the jury, "Be just and fear not, for the true administration of justice is the foundation of good government.
"[2] The show's set was designed as a courtroom, including a jury box containing 12 jurors and a judge clad in a black robe.
A 1942 newspaper article noted, "The legal fireworks are checked for scriptural realism" by attorney and law historian Martin H.
[10] The program was also heard on WFIL in Philadelphia and KWK in St. Louis, identified as "stations of the WLW line.
A news brief in Broadcasting magazine in 1963 reported that a "Mystery Package," which also included The Shadow, Green Hornet, Sherlock Holmes and Dangerous Assignment had been sold for 52 weeks to stations in 20 of the top 25 markets.