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The citizens of Cold Creek are fed up with a year of relentless murders, robberies, and violent crimes. Dissatisfied with the local lawmen, the townspeople decide to take matters into their own hands by forming a vigilante group. But help is already on the way: Marshal Lightning Jim and his trusty deputy, Whitey Larsen, are riding in to restore true law and order.
Before Jim and Whitey arrive, tensions boil over when a young husband is falsely accused of being a local bank robber and faces swift, harsh justice. Desperate and terrified, the young man seems to fit the description, and the mob marches him toward the hanging tree, leaving behind a heartbroken wife and a newborn baby. Fortunately, Jim and Whitey arrive just in time to take the man into custody, though not without facing fierce resistance from the angry lynch mob.
The drama reaches a fever pitch as Jim brings the prisoner to the courthouse. Will the hostile vigilantes tear the building down? Can young Davis prove his innocence during the county’s very first jury trial? While the courtroom drama unfolds and the jury begins its deliberations, Marshal Jim races against the clock to track down the real evidence. In a thrilling twist ending, multiple secrets are uncovered, justice is finally served, and the truth comes to light.
