This film, drawing from actual occurrences, doesn’t stand out among Tod Slaughter’s work. He portrays the villainous squire “Corder,” who finds himself in financial trouble after losing a substantial £6,000 gambling, during the early 1800s in England. To prevent ruin, he decides to pursue the daughter of a prosperous family nearby, though he also intends to marry a young woman from the village, promising her his hand…