Explain How Many People Lived By Their Laws In The 1900's

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In the 1900’s many people lived by their laws and did not care about others. Most people carried around guns there was not a strict legal system like there is today. If someone robbed you or scammed you, you could get revenge your own way. Many people were murdered for revenge. There was also a lot of cheating and scheming. People could not be trusted in the American Old West. In the movie Maverick, Mrs. Bransford’s scheme was to pretend to be married to make it easier to get way after she pickpocketed a man while kissing him. She tried her scheme on Bret Maverick but was not smooth enough to get away with it. Bret Maverick joined a poker game while the was staying in Crystal River. He promised to loose for the first hour. During that hour

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