Squire George Martin has been accused of murdering a young girl named Ann Clark, with whom he had a one-sided romance.

The prosecution presents the case that Martin murdered Ann Clark, because she ruined a good marriage proposal for him.

During the trial, an event is described in which Martin acted in a guilty manner when confronted with a possible apparition of the girl.

In the end, Martin is found guilty of the crime, despite his attempt to have the case dismissed on a legal technicality, and is sentenced to death.

It stars Peter Capaldi, Elliot Levey, Wilf Scolding, Sara Crowe, James Holmes, Jessica Temple, Simon Williams, Fisayo Akinade, and Ian Hallard.