Mary Doria Russell Quote
As far as Wyatt Earp knew, it was not illegal to beat a horse. In the past few years, he’d worked as a part-time policeman in a string of Kansas cow towns. Each time he was sworn in, he made an effort to study the ordinances he was supposed to enforce, but he wasn’t much of a reader. In Ellsworth, he asked a lawyer for some help. Wyatt, the man told him, the entire criminal code of the State of Kansas boils down to four words. Don’t kill the customers.
Mary Doria Russell
As far as Wyatt Earp knew, it was not illegal to beat a horse. In the past few years, he’d worked as a part-time policeman in a string of Kansas cow towns. Each time he was sworn in, he made an effort to study the ordinances he was supposed to enforce, but he wasn’t much of a reader. In Ellsworth, he asked a lawyer for some help. Wyatt, the man told him, the entire criminal code of the State of Kansas boils down to four words. Don’t kill the customers.