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THBJudge Roy Bean, "The Law West of the Pecos," Signed Texas Law Document
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Bean, Roy (1825-1903). 1p, 8 x 9.5 in., Precinct No. 6, Pecos County, TX, no date (ca 1880s), transferring custody of Martain Nester(sp?), a state's witness in the case of Texas vs. R.A. Durham, to Pecos County Sheriff John Edgar.
Roy Bean is one of the legendary characters of the West, at various times in his life the criminal, at others the judge. Born in Mason County, KY about 1825, as a young man he headed west to join his brothers, one in California, the other in New Mexico. After various adventures, including shooting a man in a duel, driving slaves to New Orleans for sale, selling stolen firewood and watered down milk, and more, he headed for Texas. He eventually ended up blockade running for the Confederacy, moving cotton between San Antonio an Matamoros, Mexico, and bringing supplies back. By the late 1870s he was operating a saloon in Beanville. As the railroads moved West, so did Bean, setting up saloons near construction camps, until finally settling at a site 20 miles west of the Pecos River in 1882. Although it had been named Langtry after George Langtry, an engineer with the railroad, Bean had seen a photo of Lillie Langtry, a British actress (from Jersey), and was so smitten he named his new saloon "The Jersey Lilly" and insisted that the town was named for her. The eccentric proprietor of the combination saloon/courthouse came to be known as "The Law West of the Pecos."
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