Alibi for a Judge

Alibi for a Judge is a 1960 comedy crime novel by the British writer Henry Cecil. After sentencing a man to serve ten years in prison, a worrisome judge becomes concerned that the alibi provided by his wife may in fact be true.

In 1965 it was adapted into a stage play of the same title by Cecil collaborating with two other authors, it appeared in the West End at the Savoy Theatre and ran for more than 300 performances.