Hang 'em first, try 'em later. Roy Bean More Quotes by Roy Bean More Quotes From Roy Bean You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped. Roy Bean cowboy-wisdom cowboy men Time will pass and seasons will come and go. Roy Bean comes-and-goes seasons Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering' you none. Roy Bean bothering-you interfere cowboy A decent cowboy does not take what belongs to someone else and if he does he deserves to be strung up and left for the flies and coyotes Roy Bean coyotes cowboy doe Spring with its wavin' green grass and heaps of sweet-smellin' flowers on every hill and in every dale. Roy Bean flower spring sweet And finally Winter, with its bitin', and whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. Roy Bean land winter wind I find this corpse guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and I fine it $40. Roy Bean weapons humor funny And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. Roy Bean will nature winter snow wind And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under a sinkin' sun. Roy Bean nature moon sun fall I know the law... I am it's greatest transgressor. Roy Bean greatest i-am know law Gentlemen, I find the law very explicit on murdering your fellow man, but there's nothing here about killing a Chinaman. Case dismissed. Roy Bean your nothing man law You have been tried by twelve good men and true, not of your peers but as high above you as heaven is of hell, and they have said you are guilty. Roy Bean good you hell men
