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The Judge Roy Bean Saloon in Bristol, Rhode Island. [25] A barbecue restaurant in Brentwood, Tennessee, is named Judge Beans, and features Texas-inspired recipes. [26] A bar and restaurant on West 56th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues in Manhattan, New York City is named the Judge Roy Bean Public House. Judge Roy Beans is the name of a ...
Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe (née Le Breton, formerly Langtry; 13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), known as Lillie (or Lily) Langtry and nicknamed "The Jersey Lily", was a British socialite, stage actress and producer. [1] Born on the island of Jersey, she moved to London in 1876, two years after marrying.
A shootout follows. Bean, on horseback, chases Gass into a burning building, declaring "For Texas, and Miss Lilly!". Some time later, a train pauses by the town. Out steps Lillie Langtry. She is told the story of Judge Roy Bean and his feelings toward her by Tector, the caretaker of the saloon, now turned into a museum.
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Later, in the 1950s, the brewery's old horse stables were converted into a hospitality room and given a Roy Bean feel to them in honor of Judge Roy Bean and his saloon. The old stables were renovated again in the 1970s with the main hall renamed the Lily Langtry Room and the whole building named the Jersey Lilly. [49]
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), a film set in Langtry and starring Paul Newman, sparked new interest in Texas history. Roy Bean appears as a main character in Le Juge, part of the Lucky Luke series. The Other Roswell: UFO Crash on the Texas-Mexico Border (2008) is a nonfiction book about a reported UFO crash at Langtry in 1955.
Operation Court Broom was a landmark corruption investigation into Miami’s criminal justice system that led to a slew of indictments in the early 1990s. In all, five judges were charged ...
The self-appointed [4] Judge Bean held court in his combination general store and saloon [3] and often assigned Jeff Taggert to investigate crimes. Bean was an admirer of actress Lillie Langtry, and claimed that the town of Langtry was named in her honor, though the Southern Pacific Railroad had given the town the name of one of their ...