This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ...inventus," if he has not been able to find him. So, upon a writ de venditioni exponas, he indorses, " I have sold such property, on such a day, for so much, and have disposed of the funds in such a manner;" and so of the rest, whether civil or criminal. All these writs, thus returned, remain on the roll. He ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ...inventus," if he has not been able to find him. So, upon a writ de venditioni exponas, he indorses, " I have sold such property, on such a day, for so much, and have disposed of the funds in such a manner;" and so of the rest, whether civil or criminal. All these writs, thus returned, remain on the roll. He has the faculty, when the case is litigious, to make a " special return;" in other words, to detail all the facts which have accompanied the execution or non-execution of the writ, in order that the court specify upon it. He is invested with a power which nobody can legally resist. He can arrest whom he will, seize and sell any property. He has under his orders, tipstaffs, constables, Serjeants, records, jailors, and executioners, as many of them as he may require. He can not only demand the assistance of the army of the United States, or of the militia, but he may also call upon the posse comitatus; in other words, order all the inhabitants of the county to assist and support him. He has even been known to require the judge to descend from his seat to assist him in arresting some troublesome malefactor. In fine, he is the physical power of society; nobody resists him. But if he is invested with powers so considerable, he is strictly responsible for all that he does. If he is deceived, and arrests me for another, I sue him for damages and costs, and even criminally, if any rude treatment has been resorted to without provocation. I do not defend my property against him, but render him responsible for any damage which may result to me from his proceedings. The double responsibility of the sheriff is so well balanced that neither property nor individual liberty is ever endangered through it, and matters are much simplified by being all united in...
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