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  • The Woman and the Law (1913)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Woman and the Law (1913)
Short | Short, Drama
Detective Murray is in love with Alice Barton. She is fascinated by his kindly manner and good looks. She sees him attentive to another girl, and her jealousy being aroused, she refuses to see him when he calls. She is proposed to by Fred ...See moreDetective Murray is in love with Alice Barton. She is fascinated by his kindly manner and good looks. She sees him attentive to another girl, and her jealousy being aroused, she refuses to see him when he calls. She is proposed to by Fred Wilson, and, despite her mother's warnings, accepts him. They are married and she forgets all about Murray. Not so with Murray, however. A year passes and Fred becomes ill. He loses his position. A doctor is called by Alice to attend him, and she is informed that he has contracted tuberculosis and that he will have to be taken to a different climate. Alice is desperate, and being entirely without funds, knows not what to do. She determines to visit her mother and ask her assistance. Her mother is just in the act of paying out her last money in ready cash to the landlord for his rent. Alice sees this and while neither her mother nor the landlord is looking, she takes the money and goes out. He sees her and runs after her. She eludes him, but not before he had a good look at her and established her identity firmly in his mind. The next day he again sees her, and follows her. He finds out where she lives and demands his money. She denies having taken it, and her husband though ill and worn, becoming enraged at the accusation of theft made against his wife, throws the landlord out of the house. He goes and swears out a warrant for her arrest. He takes it to the police station to get an officer to serve it. Detective Murray is assigned to the job. He goes with the man to Alice's house. Upon his entry he is astounded to discovery that his supposed prisoner was to be the only woman he had ever loved. After listening to her story and discovering that she stole the money in order to try to save her sick husband's life, he, in his goodness of heart, makes good the landlord's loss and induces him to withdraw the charge. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Phillips Smalley
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Updated Oct 12, 1913
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Oct 12, 1913 (United States)

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