Before the Norman conquest in 1066, justice was administered primarily by what is today known as the county courts ( the modern " counties " were referred to as " Shires " in pre-Norman times ), presided by the diocesan bishop and the sheriff, exercising both ecclesiastical and civil jurisdiction.

There he held a variety of offices, including deputy surveyor, sheriff, and county treasurer.

Each county was also to have a sheriff, a coroner, justices of the peace, and constables to serve two-year terms.

The Dukes of Hazzard follows the adventures of " The Duke Boys ", cousins Bo and Luke Duke, who live in a rural part of the fictional Hazzard County, Georgia with their attractive cousin Daisy and their wise old Uncle Jesse, as they race around in their customized 1969 Dodge Charger stock car, christened ( The ) General Lee, evading crooked county commissioner Boss Hogg and his inept county sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, and always managing to get caught in the middle of the various escapades and incidents that often occur in the area.

* Rosco Purvis Coltrane ( James Best ) is the bumbling sheriff of Hazzard County and right-hand man and brother-in-law of its corrupt county administrator, Jefferson Davis " J. D.

The origin of Baltimore County is not known ; the earliest known record of the county politically is January 12, 1659, when a writ was issued to its sheriff.

* Richard R. Smith, county sheriff, from Otsego township,

County Officials: The county has several other elected offices, including sheriff, coroner, auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor, and circuit court clerk.

The sheriff of Broward County, where the Indian reservation lies, made arrests the minute the bingo hall opened, and the tribe sued the county ( Seminole Tribe v. Butterworth ), stating that Indian tribes have sovereignty rights that are protected by the federal government from interference by state government.

Law enforcement officers who are in the executive branch and serve a state court are often part of the office of the sheriff in the county.

A " Constable Bannerman " is mentioned in the story, but he clearly is not the same person as George Bannerman, the county sheriff who appears in Cujo and The Dead Zone.

On July 27, 1880, Pima County Sheriff Charles A. Shibell, whose offices were in the county seat of Tucson, appointed Wyatt Earp as deputy sheriff.

Both have additional help when need by the county sheriff.

Other elected officials include the county sheriff, the county clerk, and the county attorney.

The city is the county seat of Newport County ( a county that no longer has any governmental functions other than court administrative and sheriff corrections boundaries ).

volunteers work under the direction of the county sheriff and play a part in the county's policing operations.

Two passers-by noticed the ruckus that Saturday afternoon and local rancher Jack Flagg rode to Buffalo ( the county seat of Johnson County ) where the sheriff raised a posse of 200 men over the next 24 hours and the party set out for the KC on Sunday night, April 10.

The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within the county region, but there is no county council or commissioner.

The sheriff ( currently Frank Cousins ) and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within the county region, but there is no county council, commissioner, or county employees.

It has three elected commissioners that serve four years, as well as an elected treasurer, auditor, recorder, coroner, clerk of courts, engineer, prosecuting attorney, sheriff, and judges.

Other elected officials include the auditor, recorder, sheriff, state's attorney, and treasurer.

Some coroners hold office by virtue of holding another office: in Nebraska, the county district attorney is the coroner ; in many counties in Texas, the Justice of the Peace may be in charge of death investigation ; in other places, the sheriff is the coroner.

County Officials: The county has several other elected offices, including prosecuting attorney, assessor, sheriff, coroner, auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor, and circuit court clerk Each of these elected officers serves a term of four years and oversees a different part of county government.

County Officials: The county has several other elected offices, including sheriff, prosecuting attorney, coroner, auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor, and circuit court clerk.

County Officials: The county has several other elected offices, including prosecuting attorney, sheriff, coroner, auditor, treasurer, recorder, surveyor, and circuit court clerk.

Albert Estopinal, Jr., a St. Bernard Parish district attorney, judge, and sheriff, was born in Poydras in 1869 to later U. S. Representative Albert Estopinal, Sr.

The sheriff and county attorney involved in the criminal investigation against the nurses were indicted on misuse of official information and official oppression charges.

Ebenezer Sproat was the first sheriff, Paul Fearing became the first attorney to practice in the territory, and Colonel William Stacy was foreman of the first grand jury.

Carnegie corporation attorney Philander Knox gave the go-ahead to the sheriff on July 5, and McCleary dispatched 11 deputies to the town to post handbills ordering the strikers to stop interfering with the plant's operation.

Some state and local offices are non-partisan-these often include judicial elections, special district elections ( the most common of which are elections to the school board, and elections to municipal ( town council, city commission, mayor ) and county ( county commission, district attorney, sheriff ) office.

He has had great commercial success in memorable roles such as the executive Bobby Trippe in Deliverance ( 1972 ), Tennessee lawyer Delbert Reese in Nashville ( 1975 ), general attorney Dardis in All the President's Men ( 1976 ), Bob Sweet in Silver Streak ( 1976 ), the priest Edwards in Exorcist II: The Heretic ( 1977 ), Lex Luthor's henchman Otis in Superman ( 1978 ) and Superman II ( 1980 ), Bates ' right hand man Sydney Morehouse in The Toy ( 1982 ), Borisov and Pavel Petrovic in The Fourth Protocol ( 1987 ), TV presenter Ernest Weller in Repossessed ( 1990 ), Rudy Ruettiger's father in Rudy ( 1993 ), detective McNair in Just Cause ( 1995 ), Dexter Wilkins in Life ( 1999 ), the simple sheriff in Where the Red Fern Grows ( 2003 ), the corrupt Senator Charles F. Meachum in Shooter ( 2007 ), United States Congressman Doc Long in Charlie Wilson's War ( 2007 ) and the voice of antagonist Lots-O '- Huggin ' Bear in Toy Story 3 ( 2010 ).

Nicasius di Sille was employed as an advisor to Petrus Stuyvesant and as a " schout fiscal ", a combination of sheriff and district attorney.

He curried support from the five constitutional officers in those counties ( sheriff, Commonwealth's attorney, clerk of the court, county treasurer, and commissioner of revenue ).

The burial party eventually returned, however, with a deputy sheriff ( courtesy of Robert E. Crowe the Republican state's attorney ) and was successfully able to legally dedicate Burr Oak.

To purchase or transfer a fully automatic firearm legally, U. S. citizens must pay a $ 200 transfer tax, submit a full set of fingerprints on FBI Form FD-258, obtain certification provided by a chief law enforcement officer (" CLEO ": the local chief of police, sheriff of the county, head of the State police, or State or local district attorney or prosecutor ), and obtain final approval from the BATF on a Form 4 transfer of NFA registration to the new owner. No fully automatic firearms ( machine guns ) recovered in Mexico have been traced to the United States.

Burke has also written seven miscellaneous crime novels, two short story anthologies, four books starring protagonist Texas attorney Billy Bob Holland, and three books starring Billy Bob's cousin Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland.

When the attorney told them he would talk to the sheriff the next day, the gang knew they had to act fast.

The five ( elected ) constitutional officers in each county were the sheriff, Commonwealth's attorney, clerk of the court, county treasurer, and commissioner of revenue.

Frost perceived that an attempt at bribery was being arranged and reported his suspicions to the county district attorney and sheriff.

Seemingly, with an unrestricted flow of ideas, all will be well, and we are even assured that `` an idea a day will keep the sheriff away ''.

The medieval chronicler William of Malmesbury records a story that when the new sheriff of Worcester, Urse d ' Abetot, encroached on the cemetery of the cathedral chapter for Worcester Cathedral, Ealdred pronounced a rhyming curse on him, saying " Thou are called Urse.

** Three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney, are murdered near Philadelphia, Mississippi, by local Klansmen, cops, and a sheriff.

In 1962, he was a sympathetic sheriff in Lonely are the Brave, which starred Kirk Douglas.

The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within the county region.

The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within the county region, but there is no county council, county commission or other county governing body.

The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected county-wide to perform duties within the region.

The sheriff of Autauga County is Herbie Johnson ( R ) The legislature is the county commission which consists of five members all of whom are elected from single member districts.

A sheriff, coroner, revenue commissioner are elected countywide.

However, except in major emergencies where clear chains of command are essential, the county sheriff normally does not directly control the police departments of city governments, but merely cooperates with them ( e. g., under mutual aid pacts ).

When John and honest deputy Ross Tyler ( Chad Walker ) are killed by car bombs that were planted by Sommers's henchmen, there is an emergency election to elect a new sheriff.

As Surrett has installed one of his puppets as sheriff, the other citizens ' hands are tied when it comes to arresting any of the evildoers.

There are 24 sheriffs and sheriff jurisdictions in Iceland.

Denver and Broomfield are city-and-county entities, which are required to have and / or perform a sheriff function.

Oakland County has an elected sheriff, and his or her law-enforcement services are used throughout the county.

For instance, the city of Rochester Hills does not have a " Rochester Hills Police Department ," but instead has an established sheriff substation in the city with deputies who are dedicated to that city only.

Coroners also are required to act as sheriff, should a vacancy in the office occur.

There are two stores, Smith's near the land office, and Issac C. Elston's, near the tavern ... David Vance the sheriff.