The story of the day-to-day life of a criminal circuit lawyer, Kerry Dillon, some 50 years ago in a country where many Indigenous people lived with old customs. As a young criminal lawyer employed in the Office of the Public Solicitor, WA Lalor, in the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, Kerry travelled the country on Supreme Court criminal circuits from 1969 to 1971, appearing as counsel for Indigenous people accused of serious criminal offences.