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In the early eighteenth century a blacksmith is innocently condemned to death for stealing silver. When the local executioner in anger kills a woman, the blacksmith gets a chance to escape the death penalty - by stepping in as executioner.

In the early eighteenth century a blacksmith is innocently condemned to death. When the local executioner in anger kills a woman prisoner, the blacksmith gets a chance to escape the death penalty by becoming the new executioner. He falls in love with a lovely young harlot, buys her contract, and marries her. When she sets one of his prisoners free, his life is forfeit.