Miss Wilkinson watches her friend Dorothy's face as she puts one arm around her shoulder. Dorothy rests her chin in one gloved hand and looks into the distance.
Dorothy Mackaye (wearing hat), Paul Kelly (right of Mackaye), and attorney William Rains (right of Kelly) sit at the side of the courtroom and observe the judicial proceeding of Kelly's murder trial, who was charged for the murder of actor Ray Raymond. The man to the left of Mackaye is unidentified, as well as the man sitting further off to the side.
Helen Wilkinson sits at center and looks directly to the camera. She is viewed from the waist up and faces slightly left as she turns her head towards camera. To the left of her, another woman (possibly Dorothy Mackaye) sits in partial view along the left edge. The unknown woman wears a coat with a fur collar. This woman extends her arm towards Miss Wilkinson. From left to right, a calendar, a door and a plant line the back wall.
Mackaye sits at the witness stand. Judge Burnell, right, focuses on something in front of him and the court stenographer is seated at a lamp lit table in front of Mackaye. Another unidentified man sits in the foreground, his chair facing the witness stand and his back facing the camera.
4-year-old Valerie and the Raymonds' maid Charlotte were in the house at the time of the death of Valerie's father Ray Raymond. The girl has not yet been told that her father is dead.