Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-14
James Clancy. PoIi Theater.

An entire change of pictures at James Clancy's Poli theater for today and tomorrow. Two exceptionally strong subjects are "The. Prosecuting Attorney and "A Just Verdict"
 The Prosecuting Attorney-Nina Brooks and her associate, Joe Brooks, are caught in a badger game, convict ed and sentenced to 8 term of years in the state penitentiary. Nina serves her term and on her release is taken in charge at the prison gate by Mary Moorse, who presides over a mission for the reclamation of unfortunate women. Nina finds herself in this new field, and becomes an ardent worker in the cause. In the course of her labors, she meets Henry Lewis, a humanitarian. Lewis is the prosecut- ing attorney that was responsible, in the line of his duty, for her conviction and sentence. He becomes more than interested in Nina, and would marry her, assuring her, in spite of her ob- jections and fears that her past is her own. They are married and happy. Meantime Brooks has escaped from prison He meets and recognizes his old pal and calls to blackmail and persecute her. Driven into a frenzy Nina shoots Brooks. Lewis recog-
 
 Nina's past. The police arrive; Lewis shows his true and manly love by as suming the responsibility for the trag- edy, giving himself over to the au- thorities without a murmur
 A brief synopsis of A Just Verdict follows:
 A Just Verdict-Dorothy Ellis and Frank Dean are in love, but Dorothy's father objects owing to Franks lack of wealth. While the two sweethearts are engaged in target practice, Ellis angrily orders Dean to leave and a quarrel ensues, which same is over heard by the servants. Dorothy tear fully pleads for Dean, but in vain, and he leaves, forgetting his revolver (upon which Is engraved his mono gram) which Mir. Ellis finds and places in his pocket. John Warner, a friend of Mir. Ellis, arrives for a short visit the same day that Ellis receives a tel egram informing him that, through his reckless speculations. the bank will be compelled to close its doors. Ellis, after the household has retired, writ ss a letter to Dorothy, enclosing the tel egram, which he leaves upon the h. brary table, from the drawer of which he takes Deans revolver and shoots himself.
 In the meantime, Warner, who is a somnambulist, has arisen from his bed, donned his bathrobe and descends to the library just as Ellis has fallen dead with his head resting upon the table. AS Warner. still asleep, reaches Ellis, he stumbles over the body, one hand grasping the revolver. the other the letter. Awakening with the re- volver in his hand and seeing the dead body, Warner decides that he has killed Ellis while asleep, and, pan ic stricken, rushes back to his room. Unconsciously he has slipped the let ter in his bathrobe. When he reaches his room he discovers blood stains, and as he is called by the excited mem bers of the household, he hurriedly removes the robe and places 1t in the bottom drawer of the bureau.
 The police are summoned and the body is found alongside of which lies the revolver with Deans name upon 1t. The butler tells of the quarrel which he overheard between the two men and upon the strength of this evidence, Dean is arrested. accused of