When trail boss Joe Bravo and his six men cannot furnish proper identification, the bank in Hardesty refuses to cash a $500 check. The men take over the bank and discover that the open vault contains $100,000 in cash. Lloyd Emmett wants to steal the money, but Jim Crown arrests the celebrating group, and Joe turns out to be an old friend of his. When Judge Gilroy holds court the next day, Joe is not on trial; Crown has "sentenced" him to become deputy sheriff of Hardesty for the duration of the other cowboys' sentence. When the judge learns that a missing prisoner has become deputy sheriff of Hardesty, he releases the other five cowboys, hoping they'll travel to Hardesty and cause trouble. They do just that and Hardesty's outraged citizenry waits to see how Joe Bravo will handle the trouble-makers in his new capacity as deputy sheriff.
