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Season 1, Episode 11 -
A man (L.Q. Jones) arrives at the Sherman Ranch with a lame horse. At first, Jess thinks he is stealing a horse but quickly recognizes him as an old friend from Texas named John MacLean, whom he calls Mac.
Mac’s lame horse belonged to Doc Webb in Laramie. Mac explains that Vern (a man both men know as a scoundrel) stole his horse and left him with the lame one. Mac buys a horse so he can continue his pursuit of Vern.
Just after Mac leaves, a posse rides up to the Sherman Ranch. They think Mac murdered Doc Webb.
Jess follows the posse, finds them with a rope around Mac’s neck, and halts the lynching. Slim followed Jess and arrives just in time to help.
James Hedrick, the man running the posse, is the son of a retired territorial judge who had the nickname “Hangman Hedrick.” Slim tells the posse that they will take Mac back to stand trial. The men plan to hold a trial at the relay station instead. And the retired judge will preside.
Jess heads off to find Vern Cowan, the real killer. Slim follows the posse to try and stall Mac’s trial.
As Mac’s trial proceeds, Jess is busy tracking down Vern. He captures him, and the man admits to killing the sheriff the night before.
Despite all of his efforts, Slim cannot stop the judge from condemning Mac to death. Slim is hit over the head as he does everything in his power to stop the hanging.
As Jess rides up to the relay station with Vern as his prisoner, he discovers Mac’s hanged body.
The men who took part in the hanging are in a saloon, celebrating Mac’s execution. Jess storms in, bringing Vern along with him. He furiously calls out the men on what they’ve done. Slim, with his head bandaged, walks in as a calming presence for Jess. He also announces that all of the men involved will now have to face their own murder trial.
Vern is condemned to hang.
The trial of the judge and his men begins. The judge acts as the defense attorney for himself and his men. At length, a verdict is reached: guilty of homicide. However, the jury asks for clemency and says that the homicide was committed without criminal intent. Therefore, it is decided the men should all be released but will later face individual indictments. This decision does not sit well with Slim and Jess.
Back at the relay station, a vengefully angry Jess leaves to go after the judge and his men to enact his own justice. Slim tries to stop him but fails when Jess punches him, knocking him unconscious. When he awakens, he pursues Jess to the judge’s house. The scene there is eerie, with the judge slumped over his desk, dead. Jess is there and tells Slim he had nothing to do with Judge Hedrick’s death. The two of them read a note left by the judge, in which he confesses his guilt over hanging an innocent man. Meanwhile, James (the judge’s son) is sneaking down the stairwell, gun drawn. Just as he pulls the trigger, Jess guns him down.
As the two ride away, Jess thinks Slim will want him to leave after what he has done in going after the judge. But Slim assures him that he wants him to stay. The two turn around and head toward home together.
Walter Coy
as
The Prosecutor
Thomas B. Henry
as
The Judge
L. Q. Jones
as
John MacLean
John MacClean rides into the relay station hoping to get a fresh horse
Warren Stevens
as
James Hedrick
Jess tries to stop the lynch mob.
Thomas Mitchell
as
Judge Hedrick
Dean Stanton
as
Vern
Jess knocks Slim out when Slim tries to stop him.
Jess tells Slim he is sorry.
Slim goes after Jess to stop him killing Hedrick.
Hedrick is killed.
Slim persuades Jess to stay.