TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ball,Larry D.
TI  - Desert lawmen: the high sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona, 1846-1912 
SN  - 0585273863
AV  - HV8145.N6 B33 1996eb
U1  - 363.2/82/09789 20
PY  - 1996///, �1992
CY  - Albuquerque
PB  - University of New Mexico Press
KW  - Sheriffs
KW  - New Mexico
KW  - History
KW  - Arizona
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Freedom & Security
KW  - Law Enforcement
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-398) and index; Cover; Contents; Maps and Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Origins of the Sheriff's Office in New Mexico and Arizona Territories; 2 Organization of the Sheriff's Office; 3 The Sheriff and the Law Enforcement System; 4 Getting in Office: Seeking Preferment to the Shrievalty; 5 Servant of the Court; 6 Keeper of the Keys: The Sheriff as Jailer; 7 The Sheriff and Extralegal Justice; 8 Deathwatch; 9 Conservator Pacis; 10 Fugitives from Justice; 11 Sheriffs in Times of Crisis; 12 Ex-Officio Collector; 13 Handyman; 14 The Shrievalty Enters the Twentieth Century; 15 Conclusion; Notes; Appendix A: List of SheriffsAppendix B: Legal Hangings; Appendix C: Lynchings; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
N2  - An historical survey of frontier lawmen in territorial New Mexico and Arizona reveals that sheriffs were generally elected to four year terms, defended settlers and protected their property from violence, and performed other duties ranging from tracking down stagecoach robbers and serving court warrants to locking up drunks and quelling domestic disputes
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