1965 Perry Mason

The Case of the Beautiful Beggar

Client Daphne Shelby
Victim Horace Shelby
Prosecution Hamilton Burger
Investigator Paul Drake / Lt. Arthur Tragg

Case Narrative & Plot Summary

A young heiress returns from Europe to find her wealthy uncle committed to a psychiatric sanitarium by corrupt relatives who looted his estate.

Courtroom Cross-Examination & Forensic Trick

Mason uses legal conservatorship statutes and testamentary capacity precedent to restore the estate and catch the killer.