They Stand Accused (also known as Cross Question) is an American dramatized court show[1] broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 11, 1949, to October 5, 1952, and again from September 9 to December 30, 1954.
[2] The series was recorded in a courtroom presided over by attorney Charles Johnston and broadcast live from Chicago's WGN-TV, with jurors chosen from the studio audience.
William C. Wines, assistant attorney general of Illinois, wrote the program's dramatizations.
[4] Reviewer Jack Gould wrote in The New York Times that They Stand Accused was "one of the more remarkable and consistently absorbing programs on television".
[5] He complimented the program's combination of documentary and dramatic styles and its way of having a natural appearance despite its "careful preparation".