- Under an assumed name, law student Lawrence Kirby courts the daughter of Dr. Cartmell. When she becomes pregnant, however, Lawrence leaves town to escape the responsibility of rearing his illegitimate child. Years later Kirby, now a judge and a stern proponent of capital punishment, unknowingly sentences his innocent son to death in the electric chair on the basis of circumstantial evidence. As the youth is about to be executed, his identity is revealed and the horrified Kirby relents. The judge's plea for mercy is ignored, however, and his son electrocuted. Immediately afterwards, Dr. Cartmell, a longstanding opponent of the death penalty, revives the lad and restores him to his mother.—Pamela Short
- Lawrence Kirby, a young law student, meets the daughter of Dr. Cartmell and becomes infatuated with her. He, however, meets her under an assumed name and he is known under an alias when he leaves to escape the responsibility of the child which is later born to the young girl. Years later we see Kirby a judge. His own son is arrested on circumstantial evidence and accused of a murder of which he is innocent. Kirby insists that circumstantial evidence is sufficient to convict anyone and sentences his own son, unknown to him, to the chair. Dr. Cartmell is a staunch opponent of capital punishment and believes that even after the victim had supposedly been electrocuted there is a chance for them to be brought back to life. Just as the lad is being dragged to the chair his identity is revealed to Kirby. The lad is taken to the chair despite the judge's pleading, and Dr. Cartmell declares that he can bring him back to life. Within an hour the youth is brought back to his mother's arms and Judge Kirby with tear-filled eyes stands by.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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