Reporter Jim Baldwin (Chick Chandler) is vehemently opposed to circumstantial evidence being considered sufficient in murder trials to send people to the gallows. He plots with his friend Arthur Vinton (Fred Stevens) to stage a "murder" then Jim will get himself arrested with just circumstantial evidence before Arthur reveals that he is not dead after all!
So, the plot proceeds, Arthur even burning his own house down (quite why is unknown), but there is a problem for Jim... someone kills Arthur for real! Jim is arrested, put on trial and found guilty. He is sentenced to death, can his fiancé Adrienne (Shirley Grey) save Jim by finding the real culprit?
This is a well made and enjoyable film with Chandler playing a good role as a brash and wise cracking reporter (well this is the 1930s after all, it was the law for reporters to be presented like that in film). Worthwhile if you can suspend disbelief enough over the nonsense premise.
