The Case of the Counterfeit Eye
Client
Peter Brunold
Victim
Hartley Basset
Prosecution
Hamilton Burger
Investigator
Paul Drake / Lt. Arthur Tragg
Case Narrative & Plot Summary
A businessman with a glass eye is accused of murdering an embezzling loan shark. The victim is found clutching a prosthetic eye in his dead hand, but Brunold claims his spare eye was stolen.
Courtroom Cross-Examination & Forensic Trick
Mason demonstrates on the witness stand how glass eye prescriptions are as unique as fingerprint arches.