02 Jan 1920
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Convict's Code
Just before the scheduled electrocution of stockbroker Kenneth Avery for the murder of Mazie Lawrence, Nan Perry makes one last plea to the governor for a stay of execution and relates the incidents that led to Mazie's death. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
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Cullen Landis Kenneth Avery
Eloise Taylor Nan Perry
William Morris Theodore Perry
Robert Cummings Gov. Johnson
John Irwin Convict
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