Rawhide (TV Series)

Judgment at Hondo Seco (1961)

Steve Raines: Jim Quince

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Quotes 

• Jim Quince : If it was self-defence, why did he have to run for it then?

  Joanna Quince : They said it was murder. Besides, why do you think they call my father the Hanging Judge? It wouldn't have made any difference if it was self-defence or not. Father would've pronounced sentence, the only sentence he ever passes, death by hanging.

• Judge Quince : Men who abide by the Law don't need mercy. And the other don't deserve it.

  Jim Quince : But Matt, a man can make a mistake.

  Judge Quince : And I do my best to make sure he has no chance to repeat it.

• Jim Quince : The letter of the law kills. But the spirit gives life.

  Judge Quince : I read it.

  Jim Quince : Yeah, you read it. But I'm the one who remembered it!