Desert Lawmen : The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona 1846-1912
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0826317006
ISBN-13
9780826317001
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Imprint
University of New Mexico Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 30th, 2011
Print length
428 Pages
Weight
333 grams
Dimensions
23.10 x 15.40 x 2.50 cms
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History
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In this carefully researched study, Ball shows that few southwestern sheriffs were genuine gunmen. Wielding firearms with nerve and determination in the line of duty, however, was expected of them by their constituents.
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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