No idea what Judge Roy Bean would say about this.
No idea what Judge Roy Bean would say about this.
“Trust in my judgment of the book. Besides, you’re gonna hang no matter what it says in there, ‘cause I am the law, and the law is the handmaiden of justice. Get a rope.”
The bottom fell out of his horse-trading biz when after the Boer War ended. He reduced his expenses by taking back the horses he had sold the British Army. This set off His Majesty's government. The Germans were after him because he sold them worn-out old British warhorses, which broke down in the Kalahari Desert so they had to walk out.
And the Boers disapproved of horse theft on principal. So Grandpa left South Africa for his health. I had a great time as a blond-haired, blue-eyed school kid when the teachers asked us where our ancestors came from. I kept waving my hand and responding, "Africa!".
Yes in the Old West horse thieves were hanged
Guillotines are much more efficient tools for lynchings (especially large mass executions), although properly made axes or swords can also expedite such processes.