1963 Perry Mason

The Case of the Mischievous Doll

Client Dorrie Ambler
Victim Miner Summerfield
Prosecution Hamilton Burger
Investigator Paul Drake / Lt. Arthur Tragg

Case Narrative & Plot Summary

A young woman claiming she has an identical twin sister wants her appendix operation scar photographed for identification purposes before a shooting occurs.

Courtroom Cross-Examination & Forensic Trick

Mason uses surgical scar tissue pigmentation and surgical stitch counting to disprove twin substitution.