Guilty or Not Guilty was a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 panel quiz show television series which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

from 1958 to 1959.

Premise

Duncan Crux, a lawyer, hosted this Vancouver-produced series. Actual legal cases were presented in a trial format to a panel which resembled a jury. After the panel delivered their verdict, the case's real-life verdict was revealed.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 October 1958 to 31 January 1959.