[Jim Robinson]

I heard tale that when Judge Roy Bean was dispensing justice out your way judgements were worth at least a bullet, if not a rope.

[TexConfederate1861]

Hehe!

Yes, Ole Judge Roy was an interesting character...He was known as the "Law West of the Pecos" when the areas west of the Pecos River in West Texas was kind of a badlands, where regular lawmen didn't go. There was an interesting movie made about his life with Ryan O'Neal back in the 1970's, but you have to ignore the drama parts. :)

Along that line though, My Grandfather twice removed was a Texas Ranger, and my Grandmother told me the story of how he went to chase a man who stole his horse, came back with the horse, and left the man hanging from a live oak tree.....(Frontier Justice in the 1880's)