You Are Guilty (1923)

When Joe Grantwood embezzles money, his half-brother Steve Martin takes the fall for it to spare his mother the embarrassment and shame, and leaves town to lead the life of a hobo. When he returns years later he discovers that his former sweetheart is now the widowed mother of a young son. He refuses a bribe offered by his stepbrother, and when Joe is murdered, Steve finds himself accused of it.