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Justice Traps the Guilty #46
Justice Traps the Guilty #46 This anthology issue contains two crime stories. The lead story depicts a boxing match where a fighter named Harris is confronted by a man trying to bribe him to throw the fight for the mob, but Harris refuses because he is an honest fighter; the briber attempts to coerce him by threatening violence. The second story, "Ears of Justice," follows two bumbling burglars, Pete Lands and Quivers Shea, who plan to rob an old man's store by making noise to drive him away, but their scheme is foiled when they discover an elderly deaf man asleep in the back room and realize their plan will not work as intended. The issue also includes a full-page advertisement for a self-defense instruction book offering jiu-jitsu, wrestling, and boxing techniques, and an additional story page showing Inspector Dunn dealing with a criminal named Sadlot who is planning a heist.