Now fearing that his client must inevitably be convicted and sentenced to hang, Sir Wilfrid is unexpectedly and fortuitously contacted by a woman who offers to sell him letters written by Christine to a lover named Max. The handwriting is genuine, and the woman has a legitimate reason for providing the letters: she had been attacked and her face disfigured by her lover. During cross examination, Sir Wilfred reads the letters, which disclose a conspiracy between Max and Christine to frame Leonard. The jury acquits Leonard of murder, much to the crowd's delight.
Now fearing that his client must inevitably be convicted and sentenced to hang, Sir Wilfrid is unexpectedly and fortuitously contacted by a woman who offers to sell him letters written by Christine to a lover named Max. The handwriting is genuine, and the woman has a legitimate reason for providing the letters: she had been attacked and her face disfigured by her lover. During cross examination, Sir Wilfred reads the letters, which disclose a conspiracy between Max and Christine to frame Leonard. The jury acquits Leonard of murder, much to the crowd's delight.