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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 and...
Oct 30, 2023 · Known as "The Only Law West of the Pecos," Judge Roy Bean was an eccentric and unqualified magistrate in southwest Texas — who held court in his saloon. Despite having no legal experience, Roy Bean was appointed a justice of the peace in Pecos County, Texas to help establish law and order in the Wild West.
Mar 12, 2024 · 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.” Phantly Roy Bean, Jr. was born in Mason County, Kentucky, around 1825 to Phantley Roy and Anna Henderson Gore Bean. The youngest of three sons, the Kentucky ...
Oct 20, 2023 · Judge Roy Bean was the worst and most colorful dispenser of justice of the Old West. To fall under his gavel was to put yourself at risk to the arbitrary whims of the self-proclaimed “Only Law West of the Pecos .”
May 11, 2018 · Judge Roy Bean picked the pockets of everyone who entered his barroom court in west Texas. The legendary saga of Roy Bean began the day he was hanged from a poplar tree in California.
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