Roy Bean
Judge Roy Bean | |
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| Born | Phantly Roy Bean Jr. 1825 Mason County, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | March 16, 1903 (aged 77–78) Langtry, Texas, U.S. |
| Burial place | Whitehead Memorial Museum Del Rio, Texas 29°21′06″N 100°53′53″W / 29.3517°N 100.8980°W |
| Other names | "Only Law West of the Pecos" |
| Occupations | Justice of the Peace/Coroner/Notary Public Saloon keeper |
| Years active | 1882–1903 |
| Spouse | Virginia Chavez (divorced) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Joshua Bean (brother) |
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." He held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande in a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert. Legend records his jurisprudence as thoroughly abnormal and in many instances comical. Although remembered as a hanging judge who said "hang 'em first and try 'em later," he never had anyone hanged.