Trivia Question: What Wild West lawman was known for his saloon verdicts on criminals and earned the nickname “The Only Law West of the Pecos”?
Answer: Judge Roy Bean
Roy Bean was a saloon keeper and a Justice of the Peace. Posses who apprehended criminals would often go to Bean for quick and harsh sentences on outlaws they captured. Before long, Bean became a Wild West legend as a hanging judge and an authority figure whom cowboys and outlaws respected.
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