In courts of the old west, truth was determined by juries of simple folks on testimony contrived by biased witnesses and manipulated by opportunistic lawyers. This is to say nothing of bribes, corruption and intimidation. Into this world rode an untried circuit riding judge, Sean Stewart, himself an imposter.Sean Stewart was once an honest mounted policeman in 1883 New York City. He turned vigilante when his family was butchered in retaliation for Sean's defiance of a corrupt local judge. Sean escaped his demons, heading west, where he chanced upon a professor newly appointed as a circuit riding judge. When the tenderfoot judge nearly dies from an attack on the trail, he confesses his part in a complex swindle to Sean. As a dying request, the Judge demands Sean take his place and set matters right.The swindlers, led by a diabolical man of several identities, thought they murdered Miranda Ramirez and her husband for the land. But Miranda survived. She was accustomed to being underestimated, given her beauty and being one of the rare women lawyers of her time.To catch the killers, she engages the local prosecutor, Jed Dunham, as her attorney. But he lures her along a trail of deceit while they're surrounded by an eclectic mix of circuit riding lawyers, from the annoying but pampered Dewey Cheatham, to his partner Cornelius Howe, easily the smartest lawyer in the State.What chance does the truth have when surrounded by lies, egos, guns and especially lawyers?