Desert Lawmen: The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona Territories, 1846-1912

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book Desert Lawmen: The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona Territories, 1846-1912 by Larry D. Ball, University of New Mexico Press
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Author: Larry D. Ball ISBN: 9780826325013
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Publication: March 1, 1996
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press Language: English
Author: Larry D. Ball
ISBN: 9780826325013
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication: March 1, 1996
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Language: English

Elected for two-year terms, frontier sheriffs were the principal peace-keepers in counties that were often larger than New England states. As officers of the court, they defended settlers and protected their property from the ever-present violence on the frontier. Their duties ranged from tracking down stagecoach robbers and serving court warrants to locking up drunks and quelling domestic disputes.The reality of their job embraced such mandane duties as being jail keepers, tax collectors, quarantine inspectors, court-appointed executioners, and dogcatchers.

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Elected for two-year terms, frontier sheriffs were the principal peace-keepers in counties that were often larger than New England states. As officers of the court, they defended settlers and protected their property from the ever-present violence on the frontier. Their duties ranged from tracking down stagecoach robbers and serving court warrants to locking up drunks and quelling domestic disputes.The reality of their job embraced such mandane duties as being jail keepers, tax collectors, quarantine inspectors, court-appointed executioners, and dogcatchers.

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