A contemporary article in Film Daily noted that Edward G. Robinson was considered for the lead in this picture.
At approximately minute :38, a young boy is crying and led out of the courtroom by his mother. The uncredited actor is Bobs Watson (PeeWee of Boys Town (1938) fame).
As an example that this is a pre-Code film, at the end of the scene when Tony is first out to lunch with Virginia, note what he does with the cigar in his mouth.
When the drunk mentions he slept all through the Seabury investigation, he is referring to the committee formed by the New York state legislature on behalf of Governor Franklin Roosevelt to investigate corruption in the courts and police department of New York City in 1931-32. It led to the resignation of several judges and the mayor of New York City - Jimmy Walker.