Photo:Roy Bean holding court while sitting on a barrel and holding his law book in 1900.

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"Judge Roy Bean, the `Law West of the Pecos,' holding court at the old town of Langtry, Texas in 1900, trying a horse thief. This building was courthouse and saloon. No other peace officers in the locality at that time."







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Created: 31 December 1899