Sense of Justice: Have Gun, Will Travel (March 29, 1959)

“Sense of Justice” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast March 29, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin arrives in the town of Arcadia to help Sheriff Grayson protect Andy, a simple-minded man accused of murdering Jim Briggs. The townspeople, led by Briggs' mother, are determined to lynch Andy before the judge arrives Wednesday, but Paladin believes Andy may be innocent and works to find proof that will convince the angry mob.

Arcadia, a small town in an ugly notch between two mountains, 1875. The action centers on the sheriff's office and jail.

Characters: Paladin, Sheriff Grayson, Andy, Julia Grayson, Mrs. Whitter Briggs, Tom Chisholm, Jim Briggs

Listen for: Paladin's investigation into the Briggs murder and his attempts to prove Andy's innocence before the lynch mob arrives at three o'clock.

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.