I won't go into the plot of the episode, but I have to point out a very glaring hole in part of the story line. Perry and Della go to check out Madge Elwood's car, to see if there's any evidence of her having seen murder the victim. The landlady lets them into the garage and walks away. About 15 seconds later Della calls out to Perry that she found something: a cardboard box, and inside is a paid of muddy shoes (and trousers, I think, although we don't see them). Perry picks up one of the muddy shoes and is about to put it back in the box when Lt. Tragg appears at the garage door and Perry is accused of "planting evidence" to clear his client. That's bad enough, but the very next scene takes place in court and the ADA is ranting to the judge about Perry Mason's underhanded (and illegal) actions with the evidence.
My beef is that the issue could have been resolved back at the garage, with Tragg asking the landlady one simple question: Was Mason carrying a cardboard box, or dirty shoes, or anything else when he and Della arrived? The answer, of course, would be NO. They were NOT carrying anything that could have been planted, and were only in the garage for 20 or 30 seconds before Tragg saw them.
Very irritating that something so simple--and simply resolved--was spun into such a big deal for plot purposes.
My beef is that the issue could have been resolved back at the garage, with Tragg asking the landlady one simple question: Was Mason carrying a cardboard box, or dirty shoes, or anything else when he and Della arrived? The answer, of course, would be NO. They were NOT carrying anything that could have been planted, and were only in the garage for 20 or 30 seconds before Tragg saw them.
Very irritating that something so simple--and simply resolved--was spun into such a big deal for plot purposes.