Newly elected police court judge John Fairbrother is impassioned when it comes to the laws affecting the dives and cabarets of the city, and promises equal justice for all.
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Roy Stewart as John Fairbrother
Clarissa Selwynne as Grace Fairbrother (as Clarissa Selwyn)
Joseph W. Girard as Bishop Ferguson
Frank Elliott as Charles Ferguson
Hazel Page as Mace
Frank Brownlee as Editor George Ferguson
Irene Aldwyn as Lily
Maxfield Stanley as Albert
Dana Ong as Lawyer
United States 23 July 1917
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