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  • Counsel for the Defense (1915)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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Counsel for the Defense (1915)
Short | Short, Drama
While robbing a house, Steve Flanders mortally wounds a woman, and makes his escape. He is arrested later and Richard Morgan, a young lawyer, is assigned to defend him. Flanders tells his counsel where the jewels he stole that night are ...See moreWhile robbing a house, Steve Flanders mortally wounds a woman, and makes his escape. He is arrested later and Richard Morgan, a young lawyer, is assigned to defend him. Flanders tells his counsel where the jewels he stole that night are hidden and the later takes them himself. Some time later, Morgan having earned an enviable reputation as a lawyer, is married to Miss St. Clair, giving her for a bridal gift the jewels stolen by his first client. The evening of the wedding, while the new Mrs. Morgan is preparing for the honeymoon, Flanders, ignorant of the fact that he is entering the house of his counsel's wife, climbs through the window to rob the place. He sees the jewels and in his efforts to secure them his gun goes off, fatally injuring the bride. Morgan rushes on the scene and Flanders recognizes him and the jewels. Then, in reply to questions, he refers the police to his lawyer, and the young counsel realizes that the jewels that were the indirect cause of his success also figured in the loss of his newly-wedded wife. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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E.D. Horkheimer | H.M. Horkheimer
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Updated Oct 18, 1915
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Oct 18, 1915 (United States)

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3 cast members
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Jack Livingston's primary photo
Jack Livingston
Richard Morgan Richard Morgan   See fewer
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Edith St. Clair Edith St. Clair   See fewer
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