John Trimble has embezzled and obtains another identity by having a mutilated body buried in his place. He is later arrested for murdering himself. During the trial his mother, before dying from shock, asks him to keep his identity secret since his wife is now married to the Governor and expecting a child.

John Trimble a détourné des fonds et désire se créer une seconde identité. Pour cela, il fait enterrer un corps mutilé comme étant le sien mais quelques années plus tard, il est arrêté et jugé pour son propre assassinat. Personne ne le reconnaît lors de son procès excepté sa mère qui meurt suite au choc