Who was known as "The law west of the Pecos"?

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Judge Roy Bean According to the myth, Roy Bean named his saloon and town after the love of his life, Lily Langtry, a British actress he'd never met. Calling himself the "Law West of the Pecos," he is reputed to have kept a pet bear in his courtroom and sentenced dozens to the gallows, saying "Hang 'em first, try 'em later." Like most such legends, separating fact from fiction is not always so easy. http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/aug/papr/du_roybean.html Oct 09 01, 10:58 AM

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Judge Roy Bean http://judgeroybean.com/ Phantly Roy Bean (c. 1825 – March 16, 1903) was an eccentric U.S. saloon-keeper and Justice of the Peace who called himself "The Law West of the Pecos". According to legend, Judge Roy Bean held court in his saloon along the Rio Grande in a desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan Desert of west Texas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Bean [Added second reference - McG] Oct 09 01, 10:59 AM