This 1923 melodrama was produced by Universal Pictures and presented by Carl Laemmle. Sadly the status of this film is listed as unknown, and all I can provide the reader is this brief synopsis. Hopefully a copy survives and resurfaces for fans of silent cinema.
When Sam Bass ( Frank Mayo ) receives a summons to testify before a grand jury, he does not realize that the matter concerns sheep-stealing and assumes it to concern the murder of his brother, Will ( Philo McCullough ). Conscience-stricken, Sam relates a long tale about how Will had framed him for bank robbery, then blackmailed him. Sam further confesses that he killed Will in a fight. However, the jury is sympathetic and refuses to indict Sam. The next witness is Will, very much alive, who is eventually convicted of both sheep-stealing and blackmail.
When Sam Bass ( Frank Mayo ) receives a summons to testify before a grand jury, he does not realize that the matter concerns sheep-stealing and assumes it to concern the murder of his brother, Will ( Philo McCullough ). Conscience-stricken, Sam relates a long tale about how Will had framed him for bank robbery, then blackmailed him. Sam further confesses that he killed Will in a fight. However, the jury is sympathetic and refuses to indict Sam. The next witness is Will, very much alive, who is eventually convicted of both sheep-stealing and blackmail.