In 1916, in the tiny West Texas town of Benjamin, a gunman slips into a courtroom and murders the defendant.
Sagebrush justice relied less on written statutes than on common sense, gras.
The explanation? "This is Texas." Laws passed by politicians in far-off Austin meant little to Westerners living on the Texas frontier.
The verdict in both of these murderers\' trials? Not guilty.
In 1912, in Fort Worth\'s finest hotel, a young man kills an old gentleman in cold blood in the middle of the lobby.
In 1916, in the tiny West Texas town of Benjamin, a gunman slips into a courtroom and murders the defendant