- While drinking and playing poker at Jake's Place, Judge Holder gets into an altercation with another man, who tries to choke him. The two are separated by Smith and Brown, and in a token of his debt, Holder presents Smith with the Jack of Diamonds. As a policeman escorts the Judge home, the other men in the bar scramble to obtain a jack should they ever need it. The next day, the Judge remembers giving away the card, but cannot remember to whom he gave it. He catches his daughter, Bess, kissing Jack Drake. Holder refuses to allow their engagement, but changes his mind when Jack flashes a card.—scsu1975
- Judge Holder, a police magistrate, has an occasional thirst, and he also likes an occasional game of poker. He is indulging in both of these vices in a back room of Jake's place. At the time his thirst has been pretty well assuaged, he gets into a scrap with Green about the game. Green loses his temper and chokes him, but Smith and Brown separate the men. In maudlin sentimentality, the judge gives Smith a Jack of Diamonds to be presented in token of his debt, then a policeman leads the judge home and all the others present make a rush to get a Jack of some sort against an hour of need. Next morning the judge remembers having given a card but does not remember to whom he gave it. He catches Jack Drake kissing his daughter, Bess, and refuses his consent to their engagement but changes his mind when Jack flashes a card. On his way to court the judge has several encounters, each terminating in the flashing of a card by a most unlikely person. He is pretty well riled by the time he gets on the bench. The first prisoner brought in is Smith who has been arrested for fighting. Smith is the only man who lawfully holds a card but he is a bit too late. The judge sentences him to a ten-day term and when Smith starts to argue, the judge knocks him out with his gavel, and the unfortunate Smith is dragged to durance vile.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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