Sheriff Len Merrick rettet den alten Pop Keith vor dem Galgen. Er sollte wegen Mordes und Viehdiebstahls gelyncht werden. Merrick will nun für eine faire Gerichtsverhandlung sorgen. Auf dem Weg in die Stadt überfallen ihn Vater und Bruder des Ermordeten..

After shooting a man in self-defense, Buck Duane finds himself accused of many crimes, none of which he committed. In order to prove his innocence, he joins the Texas Rangers, and also hopes to win the approval and hand of Mary Aldridge, a girl from the East. He is assigned to round up a gang of cattle rustlers who are, unknown by Mary. led by her father.