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BEAN, Judge Roy, Frontier lawman. Manuscript document signed ("Roy Bean") as defendant in an unnamed case of assault and murder, countersigned by bailiffs A.W. Hope and John Foster, and by Justice of the Peace W.G. Dryden, [Los Angeles, California], 9 August 1853. 2 pages, folio, on pale blue legal paper, signatures of Bean, Hope and Foster with small red wax seals surmounted by small cut paper squares. Fine.
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BEAN, Judge Roy, Frontier lawman. Manuscript document signed ("Roy Bean") as defendant in an unnamed case of assault and murder, countersigned by bailiffs A.W. Hope and John Foster, and by Justice of the Peace W.G. Dryden, [Los Angeles, California], 9 August 1853. 2 pages, folio, on pale blue legal paper, signatures of Bean, Hope and Foster with small red wax seals surmounted by small cut paper squares. Fine.
The first page states that: "An order having been made on the 8th...by the Court of Sessions for the County of Los Angeles, that Roy Bean be held to answer upon a charge of 'an assault with an intent to commit murder,' upon which he had been duly admitted to bail [in the amount of $500]...Mr. Roy Bean as principal and A.W. Hope and John Foster as securities, the said Roy Bean residing at San Gabriel County at Los Angeles...hereby undertake that the above named Roy Bean shall appear and answer the charge...in whatever Court it may be prosecuted and shall at all times render himself available to the order and process of the Court; and if convicted, shall appear for judgement and render himself in execution thereof...." The signatures and seals of Bean, Hope and Foster appear below. The second page is occupied by signed affadavits of Hope and Foster, each witnessed by W.G. Dryden as Justice of Peace.
The first page states that: "An order having been made on the 8th...by the Court of Sessions for the County of Los Angeles, that Roy Bean be held to answer upon a charge of 'an assault with an intent to commit murder,' upon which he had been duly admitted to bail [in the amount of $500]...Mr. Roy Bean as principal and A.W. Hope and John Foster as securities, the said Roy Bean residing at San Gabriel County at Los Angeles...hereby undertake that the above named Roy Bean shall appear and answer the charge...in whatever Court it may be prosecuted and shall at all times render himself available to the order and process of the Court; and if convicted, shall appear for judgement and render himself in execution thereof...." The signatures and seals of Bean, Hope and Foster appear below. The second page is occupied by signed affadavits of Hope and Foster, each witnessed by W.G. Dryden as Justice of Peace.