Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.

Arthur V. Johnson
Prince Dmitri

Florence Lawrence
Katusha

Marion Leonard
A Prisoner

Owen Moore
At Court / At Prison

Mack Sennett
At Court / A Guard / At Inn

Clara T. Bracy

Linda Arvidson
At Prison

Charles Avery
At Court / At Prison
Anita Hendrie
Servant / Noblewoman

David Miles
At Court / At Prison
Anthony O'Sullivan
At Inn

Herbert Prior
At Inn / Servant

George Siegmann
Servant

John R. Cumpson
At Inn / Servant
D.W. Griffith
Frank E. Woods
Released