Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller

Within the Law was a play written by Bayard Veiller and premiered in 1912. It was adapted into novel form by Marvin Dana. It is the story of a woman who is wrongly accused of stealing and sent to prison. Upon her release, she sets up a gang that engages in shady activities that are just "within the law". After the police try to entrap her, she is mistakenly accused again, this time for murder, but she is vindicated when the real killer confesses. 

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