Judge Not or The Woman of Mona Diggings (1915)

Impoverished Molly Hanlon is befriended by crooked gambler Lee Kirk she marries him in a phony ceremony While frequenting Kirks gambling den Molly meets Miles Rand the dissolute son of Judge Rand whose obvious attraction for her encourages Kirk to swindle him out of his money Penniless Miles accepts a loan from Molly and returns East to study law On the day that Molly learns that her marriage is not legal the gambling den burns down and Kirk is presumed dead After escaping with Kirks money Molly goes East where she encounters Miles now a district attorney In spite of the objections of Judge Rand Molly accepts Miless proposal but after Kirk arrives in town she calls off the engagement When Kirk enters her apartment through a window Molly kills him in a panic and is arrested for murder The still faithful Miles defends her in court and after her acquittal she confesses her past and reunites with her old love