The Probationer (1913)
Freckles, a bright, cheery lad, lives with his dear old Granny. They are very poor, and sometimes they go hungry. One day, when hunger gripped him, he "swiped" a loaf of bread from the baker's wagon. The baker saw him, caught him and then with undue severity, boxed his ears and hauled him off to the Juvenile Court. Judge Hendricks was so favorably impressed with the lad's appearance that he released him on "probation" and then gave him some money to start him right. Freckles rushes home to tell Granny. In the interim that poor old woman has found a $5.00 bill, which gives her much joy. She conceals it for the time. Later in the week, when Freckles reports to the judge, as he has been ordered to do, that functionary gives him a note requesting his wife to give him a suit of their son's old clothes. While he is waiting in the room the maid of the judge's wife comes back from the store and leaves a new $5.00 bill on a table near the window. The boy does not see the money and it blows through the window. After his departure, the maid, who cannot find the money, suspects Freckles. They telephone the judge and he sends a probation officer after the boy. He has gone to the store to make purchases with the new $5.00 bill that his Granny had found. The officer follows him and without waiting for explanations, hails the boy into court. Fortunately, the judge's little daughter picks up the bill that had blown from the window into their back yard. She phones the court and Freckles is exonerated in the nick of time.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Fred Huntley | Director |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Roy Clark | |
| William H. Brown | |
| George Hernandez | |
| Baby Lillian Wade |
