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

Desert Lawmen : The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona, 1846-1912
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Desert Lawmen : The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona, 1846-1912, This carefully researched study shows that although few southwestern sheriffs were genuine gunmen they were expected to wield firearms with nerve and determination in the line of duty. Elected for two-year terms, frontier sheriffs were the principal pe, Desert Lawmen : The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona, 1846-1912
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  • Desert Lawmen : The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona, 1846-1912
  • Written by author Larry D. Ball
  • Published by University of New Mexico Press, 2001/01/01
  • This carefully researched study shows that although few southwestern sheriffs were genuine gunmen they were expected to wield firearms with nerve and determination in the line of duty. Elected for two-year terms, frontier sheriffs were the principal pe
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1 The Origins of the Sheriff's Office in New Mexico and Arizona Territories 1
2 Organization of the Sheriff's Office 19
3 The Sheriff and the Law Enforcement System 38
4 Getting in Office: Seeking Preferment to the Shrievalty 55
5 Servant of the Court 89
6 Keeper of the Keys: The Sheriff as Jailer 108
7 The Sheriff and Extralegal Justice 128
8 Deathwatch 147
9 Conservator Pacis 179
10 Fugitives from Justice 202
11 Sheriffs in Times of Crisis 225
12 Ex-Officio Collector 246
13 Handyman 265
14 The Shrievalty Enters the Twentieth Century 279
15 Conclusion 301
Notes 309
Appendix A: List of Sheriffs 345
Appendix B: Legal Hangings 373
Appendix C: Lynchings 378
Bibliography 383
Index 399


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