Roy Bean Quotes & Sayings

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

You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped. — Roy Bean

And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. — Roy Bean

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

Spring with its wavin' green grass and heaps of sweet-smellin' flowers on every hill and in every dale. — Roy Bean

Don't interfere with something that ain't bothering' you none. — Roy Bean

I know the law ... I am it's greatest transgressor. — Roy Bean

And Fall, with her yeller harvest moon and the hills growin' brown and golden under a sinkin' sun. — Roy Bean

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

Time will pass and seasons will come and go. — Roy Bean

Hang 'em first, try 'em later. — Roy Bean

I find this corpse guilty of carrying a concealed weapon and I fine it $40. — Roy Bean