I think you may be right!
I'm having trouble thinking of any earlier series that focused on a courtroom denouement the way the Perry Mason titles do. There may be some, but off-hand, I can't think of any of the classic British era series that do. Obviously not Sherlock Holmes. And not the classic noir like Hammett or Chandler. Rumpole didn't start until the 1970s, and Perry Mason titles started in the 1930s. Maybe if you wanted to reach a bit, the original Judge Dee stories, which were written in Chinese a long time ago, although not translated (and added to) by Robert van Gulik until the 1950s.
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Originally Posted by GA Russell
I read that just two weeks ago! I'm guessing that Gardner created the courtroom scene. Am I wrong?
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