Man and the Outlaw
There is only one man in the jury chosen to convict or declare innocent George Burton, clean living and fine, who is on trial for murder of his sister's betrayer who refuses to declare him guilty. The one, Will Harvey, a blacksmith, refuses to agree with the others that the lad is guilty, although evidence proves that he is so, and when his persistence almost results in blows, he tells his reason, the fact that his own little sister had been betrayed by a good-looking scoundrel, and that heaven only had prevented him from being a murderer by calling the fellow to an early death before a train. When his story is finished, the jury is so moved that they agree with the blacksmith and Burton is set free.
- Released
- 1915
Details
Release year: 1915
Storyline
There is only one man in the jury chosen to convict or declare innocent George Burton, clean living and fine, who is on trial for murder of his sister's betrayer who refuses to declare him guilty. The one, Will Harvey, a blacksmith, refuses to agree with the others that the lad is guilty, although evidence proves that he is so, and when his persistence almost results in blows, he tells his reason, the fact that his own little sister had been betrayed by a good-looking scoundrel, and that heaven only had prevented him from being a murderer by calling the fellow to an early death before a train. When his story is finished, the jury is so moved that they agree with the blacksmith and Burton is set free.
Top credits
- Norbert A. Myles — Will Harvey
- Edna Payne — Blanche Harvey
- Henry Stanley — George Benton
- Harry Schenck — Tom Meade