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Justice Traps the Guilty #39
This anthology issue contains multiple crime stories adapted from true police and FBI cases. The cover story depicts food profiteers being pursued by authorities after causing a truck accident. The interior "Closeups" section includes "Hue and Cry," which chronicles how 10th-century law enforcement pursued criminals, and "Bank Check," detailing a mail fraud scheme involving a forged check at a Burbank supermarket. Another featured story, "Paid in Full," shows a desperate poor man attempting murder to escape his poverty, with the narrative emphasizing that justice ultimately caught up with him.