Person holding a particular office, most commonly in law enforcement
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The Conductor generalis: or, The office , duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, coroners, constables, gaolers, jury-men, and overseers of the poor. As also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c. Compiled chiefly from Burn's Justice, and the several other books, on those subjects, by James Parker, late one of the justices of the peace for Middlesex County, in New-Jersey; and now revised and adapted to the United States of America. By a gentleman of the law. The whole alphabetically digested under the several titles; with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles. To which are added, the excise and militia laws of the United States; and the acts called the Ten Pound Act of the states of Pennsylvania and New-York.
Date: 1792- E-journals
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Conductor generalis: or, The office , duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury-men, and overseers of the poor. As also the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c. Collected out of all the books hitherto written on those subjects, whether of common or statute-law. The whole alphabetically digested under the several titles; with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles. To which is added, a collection out of Sir Mathew Hales, concerning the descent of lands; with several choice maxims in law, and the office of mayors, &c.
Date: 1750- E-books
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Observations on the office of constable . With cautions for the more safe execution of that duty. Drawn from experience. By Saunders Welch, ..
Welch, Saunders 1710 or 11-1784.Date: 1754
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John Philips, aged 117. Mezzotint by J. Faber after P. Mercier.
Philippe MercierReference: 1756i- Pictures
An altercation between a plasterer and an idler leads to them both being covered in plaster and arrested by the police. Coloured magic lantern slides.
Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]Reference: 754977i