After his son is manhandled and slapped, Joe Reynolds threatens to kill the man responsible. In the ensuing scuffle, the man is killed and Joe finds himself facing the electric chair.

A young lad has his fine new hatchet confiscated by a grumpy baker. The boy's hot-headed father tries to get it back, but this results in a fight in which onlookers seem to see the father use the disputed weapon to strike and kill the baker. At the resulting murder trial, their evidence on this point becomes a matter of life and death.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}