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Originally Posted by August
Judge Roy Bean of Texas once presided over a murder trial of a man who shot another man with a rifle. Apparently the victim had been armed with a pistol and had engaged the rifle guy from about 75 yards. The judge felt that going up against a man with a rifle at such a long distance when one is only armed with a short range pistol was suicide and ruled his death as such letting the shooter go free.
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Well, ok then. Apparently then, there is some truth to all this. I'm sure there was some extenuating and or mitigating circumstances around this but it's pretty interesting. Anyone else have some thoughts or experiences ?