A wealthy woman hires Mason to buy stock in her husband's land company, hoping to force his mistress out. But her plan goes awry when she is charged with murder.
A circus clown hires Perry to sort out a case of bigamy and forestall a blackmail threat; guest Ken Curtis.
A boy brought up in an orphanage goes to a small town in California with hopes of finding his people but is accused of murder instead.
A lawsuit over whether a Gauguin painting is genuine develops into a homicide with a pretty artist's model as the prime suspect.
Cheyenne rides into Stagge City and is promptly arrested on a trumped-up charge of vagrancy.