The Man Who Changed His Plea

In the courtroom of Lord Malladene, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Richard Lebur stands accused of murdering his lover's lover. Lebur is convinced to change his plea to guilty to avoid a death sentence. At the last minute, as he is being taken to jail, he shouts out that he is innocent. Six years later, Martin Campbell Brockenhurst, a policeman who has become wealthy, returns to London and, convinced that Lebur is innocent, he takes up the case. Brockenhurst is in love with Lebur's wife, the beautiful painter Diana.