William Schallert (town lawyer) 1922 -2016. Married to the same woman for 66 years. Was in numerous TV shows and movies back in the day, including the Patty Duke show.
Not understanding how the disparity in bullet weight proved the murder bullet came from a different gun. It is conceivable that Jeff might have had differing brands and or weights of ammo in his gun. I guess this is what you call dramatic license. The important thing is, he got Jeff cleared.
Well, you might as well ask how come the sheriff had to risk his prisoner getting lynched? Couldn't he send for the judge by telegraph, or just send the guy he just deputized to get the judge? And the answer is the writer and director couldn't think of better way to amp up the dramatic tension. They came up with the bullet weigh theory because they couldn't think of a better way to end the trial. All in all a very weak episode. About as weak as Will and Jeff deciding it's a good idea to get involved with a town's big shooting contest, run by the richest, most powerful guy in the valley.
We searched for a man named Jim Sonnet In towns, throughout trails and prairie. When we heard of a trail, we were on it, Jim's son and his dad, that's me. But always we missed him by hours, Fate seemed to blame for keep missing, My son who a minute ago had just gone, Then a barkeep, not scared like them others, Said "Will there's a secret why Jim, Pushes off when he hears you near, It's your damned awful verses he's hearing, He can't stand 'em assaulting his ear!
