Paul Pocketclip was a former attorney who represented various underworld figures. He was a heavyset man with light hair. Pocketclip had been in love with the singer Julie Marrlin, but she spurned him to marry the criminal "Ducky" Marrlin. Pocketclip had defended Ducky in a murder case, but when Pocketclip was caught tampering with the jury and attempting to bribe the judge, he was disbarred and Ducky was re-tried. Ducky was convicted and executed. Julie never forgave Pocketclip, believing he had done it all deliberately to get rid of her husband.