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Phantly Roy Bean Jr. (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an American saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, Texas, who called himself "The Only Law West of the Pecos ". According to legend, he held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande on a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of southwest Texas.
Nov 16, 2009 · 1903. Judge Roy Bean dies. Roy Bean, the self-proclaimed “law west of the Pecos,” dies in Langtry, Texas. A saloonkeeper and adventurer, Bean’s claim to fame rested on the often humorous...
Dec 17, 1972 · The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean: Directed by John Huston. With Paul Newman, Roy Jenson, Gary Combs, Fred Brookfield. In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit.
Oct 30, 2023 · Despite his unorthodox style, Judge Roy Bean was re-elected justice of the peace time and again, almost every year until his last election in 1902. He died in his bed in Langtry on March 16, 1903, after falling ill in San Antonio.
Jan 5, 2021 · A wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Over Texas — the Judge Roy Scream — is named after him. Judge Roy Bean, known as the Texas hanging judge since the late 1800s, never actually hanged anybody despite his reputation.
Roy Bean (born 1825?, Mason County, Ky., U.S.—died March 16, 1903, Langtry, Texas) was a justice of the peace and saloonkeeper who styled himself as the “law west of the Pecos.”
Judge Roy Bean was a Justice of the Peace in Val Verde County, in southwest Texas. He also owned a saloon in Langtry, where he held court and called himself “The Law West of the Pecos.”
The legend of Judge Roy Bean developed across the desolate regions of southwestern Texas in 1882, when he was nearly sixty. A shrewd businessman, Bean capitalized on the construction of the Southern Pacific Railroad by establishing a saloon-courthouse at a settlement called Vinegarroon and later at nearby Langtry.
Judge Roy Bean: With Edgar Buchanan, Jack Buetel, Jackie Loughery, X Brands. Western set in the Texas town of Langtry, named after Lillie Langtry. When storekeeper Roy Bean becomes fed up with the lawlessness in the town, he establishes himself as a judge and introduces a system of law and order.
Aug 29, 2022 · Despite his creative perception of the law, Judge Roy Bean is remembered as the man for the job—the one who didn’t follow the rules, but knew the law of the land well enough to introduce his own brand of justice, or, “Law West of the Pecos.”
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