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|Attività = giudice

|Nazionalità = statunitense

|Immagine = Roybean2.jpg

|Didascalia = Phantly Roy Bean

}} Egli si proclamava "La Legge Ovest del [[Fiume Pecos|Pecos]]", nonostante fosse solo l'eccentrico proprietario di un [[saloon]]. Secondo la legenda, il [[giudice]] Roy Bean presiedeva la corte nel suo saloon in riva al [[Rio Grande]] in una zona desolata del [[Deserto di Chihuahua]] presso Langtry, in [[Texas]].

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== Justice of the peace==

[[Image:Old langtry tx.jpg|left|thumb|250px|<div align="center">Roy Bean holding court in 1900, trying a horse thief.</centerdiv>]]

With his earnings, Bean purchased a tent, some supplies to sell, and ten 55-gallon barrels of whiskey. By the spring of 1882, he had established a small saloon near the [[Pecos River]] in a tent city he named Vinegaroon. Within a 20&nbsp;mi (32&nbsp;km) stretch of the tent city were 8,000 railroad workers. The nearest court was 200&nbsp;mi (321&nbsp;km) away at [[Fort Stockton]], and there was little means to stop the illegal activity. A [[Texas Ranger Division|Texas Ranger]] requested that a local law jurisdiction be set up in Vinegaroon, and on [[August 2]], [[1882]] Bean was appointed the [[Justice of the Peace]] for the new Precinct 6 in [[Pecos County, Texas|Pecos County]].<ref name=davis161/>

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Bean did not allow hung juries or appeals,<ref name=davis162/> and jurors, who were chosen from his best bar customers, were expected to buy a drink during every court recess.<ref name=davis166>Davis (1985), p. 166.</ref> Bean was known for his crazy rulings. In one case, an Irishman named Paddy O'Rourke shot a Chinese laborer. A mob of 200 angry Irishmen surrounded the courtroom and threatened to lynch Bean if O'Rourke was not freed. After looking through his law book, Bean ruled that "homicide was the killing of a human being; however, he could find no law against killing a Chinamen".<ref name=davis162/> Bean dismissed the case.<ref name=davis162/>

[[Image:JerseyLilly.JPG||right|thumb|250px|<div align="center">The Jersey Lilly saloon in September 2005</centerdiv>]]

By December 1882, railroad construction had moved further westward, so Bean moved his courtroom and saloon 70&nbsp;mi (108&nbsp;km) to Strawbridge. A competitor who was already established in the area laced Bean's whiskey stores with kerosene. Unable to attract customers, Bean left the area and went to Eagle'sNest, 20&nbsp;mi (31&nbsp;km) west of the Pecos River.<ref name=davis162/> The site was soon renamed [[Langtry, Texas|Langtry]].<ref name=davis163>Davis (1985), p. 163.</ref> The original owner of the land, who ran a saloon, had sold 640 acre to the railroad on the condition that no part of the land could be sold or leased to Bean. O'Rourke, the Irishman Bean had previously acquitted, told Bean to use the railroad right-of-way, which was not covered by the contract. For the next 20&nbsp;years, Bean squatted on land he had no legal right to claim.<ref name=davis163/> Bean named his new saloon The Jersey Lilly in honor of [[Lillie Langtry]].<ref name=davis163/> He sent for his children to live with him at the saloon, with youngest son Sam forced to sleep on a pool table.<ref name=davis165/>

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==Legacy==

[[Image:BeanSign small.JPG|right|thumb|<div align="center">Jersey Lilly historical marker.</centerdiv>]]

In 1939, the [[Texas Legislature]] bought Bean's saloon and restored it. Langtry is now the home of a Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center.<ref name=davis173/> Two movies have been based partly on his life. The 1940 film ''[[The Westerner]]'' earned an [[Academy Award|Oscar]] for Best Supporting Actor for [[Walter Brennan]] (as Bean) and received two other Oscar nominations. the 1972 film ''[[The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean]]'' was also loosely based on his life, as well the 1955-56 syndicated television series ''Judge Roy Bean'', starring [[Edgar Buchanan]].