This eighth film in the East Side Kids series finds the gang sent to the Wilton Reform School after an unjust conviction for stealing a truck. Bill Collins, brother of co-leader Danny, becomes involved in a killing and, while also innocent, is convicted and sentenced to death. Through a series of events, Muggs, Glimpy, Danny and the rest of the gang learn that Knobby, an idiot henchman of Luke Manning, knows something about the murder.
Mr. Wise Guy
Impoverished boys get sent to reform school while an adult older brother to one of them gets put on death row - all innocent of their charges.