1956 Perry Mason

The Case of the Demure Defendant

Client Nadine Farr
Victim Mosher Higley
Prosecution Hamilton Burger
Investigator Paul Drake / Lt. Arthur Tragg

Case Narrative & Plot Summary

A woman confessing to murder under truth serum (sodium pentothal) during psychiatric therapy sparks a legal battle over medical confidentiality and self-incrimination.

Courtroom Cross-Examination & Forensic Trick

Mason establishes precedent on the admissibility of psychiatric confessions and recovers submerged poison vials.