Dan Alton is a con artist, posing as a lawyer in order to sell copies of a phony law book. When Bill Clary robs a stagecoach, and plants some of the stolen money at the ranch of Luke Avery, Avery's sister beautiful sister Ruth ropes an instantly smitten Alton into being Avery's defense attorney. As part of his strategy to defend Avery, Alton plans to pull off another stagecoach robbery.