Elfego Baca

The Griswold Murder (1x6)

Air date: Feb 20, 1959

In the sixth episode of Walt Disney's ten-part miniseries Elfego Baca, the titular hero , a gunslinger-turned-lawyer) defends British-born rancher Cecil Cunningham (Patrick Knowles), who has been accused of murdering land baron Drew Griswold. According to witnesses, Griswold had been fooling around with Cyril's wife , thereby firmly establishing a motive. In court, Baca finds that he must go face to face with his former law partner J. Henry Newman , the newly appointed District Attorney. Outside the courtroom, the dead man's relatives begin forming a lynch mob.