In the Canadian woods live Jean Caumont, his wife, Marie, and their baby. One day Jean shoots a rabbit and picking it up, forgets to extract the empty shell and reload his revolver. In the ... See full summary
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In the Canadian woods live Jean Caumont, his wife, Marie, and their baby. One day Jean shoots a rabbit and picking it up, forgets to extract the empty shell and reload his revolver. In the evening of that day, he plays cards in a saloon with a member of the mounted police named Burke and accusing him of cheating, he springs to his feet and overturns the table. One of the bystanders, Louis Fabert, who hates Burke, immediately extinguishes the one light in the place and in the darkness a shot is fired and when another light is brought, Burke is found dead on the floor from a bullet wound. Jean is seized as the murderer by the bystanders. Two other mounted officers are summoned, who take charge of the case. They examine every revolver in the place and find all fully loaded with the exception of Jean's, which contains an empty shell. Before the arrival of the police, however, Louis Fabert had disappeared from the room. Then the trial takes place and Jean is awaiting the verdict. The ...
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