What happens
Ranger Bill investigates when Jake Campbell and Bart King shoot a three-legged pet deer belonging to young Jerry White near Three Forks. Jerry is struck by Jake when he confronts the hunters, and the Ranger and his team search for the men and gather evidence. Steve White, Jerry's father, wants revenge, while Ranger Bill insists that the law must take its course. The episode is part of the Ranger Bill radio series, first broadcast on February 25, 1959, with the story told by its characters rather than by the announcer.
Three Forks, a woodland area where Little Beaver Creek, Big Beaver Creek, and Cougar join to feed into the Shady River
Characters: Ranger Bill, Steve White, Jerry White, Jake Campbell, Bart King, Stumpy Jenkins, Grey Wolf, Nancy White
Listen for: The scene where Jerry pleads with the angry crowd to spare Jake, and the courtroom scene where the judge sentences the hunters.
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.