The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean1972

Rev. Mr. LaSalle:
I will read over the dead now. My Bible, please. Mister, uh...

Judge Roy Bean:
Bean.

Rev. Mr. LaSalle:
Bean?

Judge Roy Bean:
Roy Bean. Judge Roy Bean. I am the law in this area.

Rev. Mr. LaSalle:
What has qualified you as such?

Judge Roy Bean:
I know the law. And I have spent my entire life in its flagrant disregard. But I had never killed a man before. Oh, I had shot at some... in self-defense or blind fright, but I never hit anyone. So God must have directed my bullets. Why, he even sent an angel to deliver this weapon [gun].

Rev. Mr. LaSalle:
Just how do you intend to dispense this law?

Judge Roy Bean:
With this [gun] and a rope.

Rev. Mr. LaSalle:
And will you rely again on the grace of God?

Judge Roy Bean:
Well, I intend to [gun] practice and give Him some help. Get on with the reading.