From his high bench in the San Bernardo court room, Judge Tate, reputed to be the most eloquent speaker in California, looked down on the prisoner who stood for sentence. A murmur of anticipation ran through the crowded room, and the judge thumped the bench with his gavel. The sentence was death, to be carried out three months later. However, it's now three months later, and Smith has just been broken out of San Bernardo jail by a gang of outlaws...