Frontier Battalion, Co. "B", about 1880 |
By Texas law the local justice of the peace was called out to pronounce the perp dead, which he did. He listed the cause of death as suicide.
The family of the perp questioned the cause of death, since the perp had been shot and killed by the Ranger, so a coroner's inquest was held. The justice of the peace was placed on the stand and asked why he had listed the cause of death as suicide. The Justice of the Peace answered, "Because if you point a gun at a Texas Ranger after he has told you to put it down, you are committing suicide." The cause of death stood.
4 comments:
Just as surely as if he had put his own gun to his head and pulled the trigger. One important lesson I learned when I lived there, two actually. Don't mess with Texas and don't piss off Texas Ranger.
That is so awesome. Wonder if that defense would work for normal law abiding citizens...
Leighc, of course not normal law abiding citizens are NOT anointed minions of the Holy State.
Tall-tale or true, its certainly badass.
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