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Synopsis

Betty Brown thinks she has found the perfect man in George Wayne. Wayne takes her to a secluded mountain cabin in the Adirondacks, promising to marry her. Then he tells her the minister is sick. Betty remains, trusting him. But after a few weeks, Wayne tells her he has no intention of marrying her. In desperation, she shoots at him twice, but misses. Wayne walks out and leaves Betty sobbing on the cabin floor. Meanwhile, in a New York apartment, Grace Pierce, chatting with her mother, ponders the absence of her own husband. Her mother replies "husbands are the same the world over," not noticing how Grace bristles at the word "husband." Two years pass, and Betty is now a prosperous realtor, and is pursued by Fred Masters. She and Fred each receive a summons for jury duty. Fred invites Betty to his home for a dinner party. There, Fred tells his sister Marion of his love for Betty. Marion pleads with Betty to marry Fred, so Betty agrees. The pair are wed, and they spend their first day together serving on a jury. The case involves the murder of George Montgomery by Grace Pierce. Grace claimed that Montgomery had refused to marry her, so she had shot him as he was leaving her and her baby. As Betty listens to testimony, she realizes that George Montgomery and George Wayne were the same man. After the prosecution and defense make their cases, the jury retires. The vote is eleven to one against Grace, with Betty the lone holdout. After hours of deliberation, Betty, at the risk of losing Fred, tells her fellow jurors of her own experience with the deceased. Her evidence sways the jury, and Grace is freed. The case over, Betty leaves the court room, not caring what will happen But Fred follows, proud of her, and the two walk home together.