With the assistance of a burro named Sheba, Perry Mason is able to nail the murderer in this episode of the series which moves Perry out of Los Angeles and into northern California and the mining country. Of course even without Hamilton Burger as his foe, Perry does just fine in the rural courtroom setting. Fortunately for the defendant Raymond Burr happened to be in the area on other business.
Ray Stricklyn and Sue George are a young married pair who are working an old and supposedly played out mine left by Stricklyn's uncle. Rancher Hugh Sanders wants the property bad for water rights connected to said property. Later when he's shot Stricklyn is looking good for it.
Because a certain witness is missing and in a kind of reverse disguise the defense bogs down. That is until Perry Mason calls the burro Sheba as a witness. In true animal fashion she identifies the missing witness and from there Burr brings home another acquittal.
The burro scene was amusing and that makes this episode worth a look. Without it though, it's one of the weaker Perry Mason shows.
Ray Stricklyn and Sue George are a young married pair who are working an old and supposedly played out mine left by Stricklyn's uncle. Rancher Hugh Sanders wants the property bad for water rights connected to said property. Later when he's shot Stricklyn is looking good for it.
Because a certain witness is missing and in a kind of reverse disguise the defense bogs down. That is until Perry Mason calls the burro Sheba as a witness. In true animal fashion she identifies the missing witness and from there Burr brings home another acquittal.
The burro scene was amusing and that makes this episode worth a look. Without it though, it's one of the weaker Perry Mason shows.