Langtry's men are excited the arrival of four beautiful ladies with Hannah as their leader. Judge Roy and Taggart come courting, not as concerned with a local robbery. A Texas Ranger gets their ...

Hired on the fly to lay down the law in a lawless land, Judge Roy Bean practiced his own brand of justice from behind the bar of a saloon. With a checkered past and no formal education, Bean had ...

Judge Roy Bean, a Western legend frequently referred to as “The Hanging Judge,” was quite an eccentric. While he dispensed his unique “Law West of the Pecos,” it’s uncertain the judge actually ordered ...

There are some individuals whose place in history is so noteworthy that, at the mere mention of a name, a corresponding tagline pops into the brain or tumbles from the mouth. Take Neil Armstrong, “the ...

Judge Roy Bean, who died in 1903, was one of those larger-than-life characters who helped define the Old West. If he hadn't lived, the movies would probably have invented him. He dispensed his version ...