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Traces the maturing of the frontier legal system through engaging, colorful anecdotes and case histories --from the days of "Judge Lynch and Judge Winchester" to the era of Judge Blackstone and a modern system of fair courtroom trials.

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Traces the maturing of the frontier legal system through engaging, colorful anecdotes and case histories --from the days of "Judge Lynch and Judge Winchester" to the era of Judge Blackstone and a modern system of fair courtroom trials.
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Bill Neal practiced criminal law in West Texas for forty years: twenty as a prosecutor and twenty as a defense attorney. His first book, Getting Away with Murder on the Texas Frontier: Notorious Killings and Celebrated Trials (TTUP, 2006), was named Book of the Year by the National Association for Outlaw and Lawmen History, received the Rupert N. Richardson Award for the best book on West Texas history from the West Texas Historical Association, and was a finalist for both the Violet Crown Award from the Writers' League of Texas and the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. Neal and his wife, Gayla, live in Abilene, Texas.