After a forward introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, Jim O'Neil, a young shipping clerk, is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, Edward Knox. The celebrated novelist Grace Norton, selected to be on the jury at Jim's trial, becomes the first woman juror in New York.
Grace Norton
John Schuyler
Jim O'Neil
Edward Knox
Mrs. O'Neill
Helen
Edith Norton
The Judge
District Attorney
Defense Attorney
Clerk of the Court
Jury Foreman
A Juror