Ball, Larry D.
Desert Lawmen: The high sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona 1846-1912 - Albuquerque, NM Univ. of N.M. Press 1992 - xii, 414 p.
An historical survey of frontier lawmen in territorial New Mexico and Arizona reveals that sheriffs were generally elected to four year terms, defended settlers and protected their property from violence, and performed other duties ranging from tracking down stagecoach robbers and serving court warrants to locking up drunks and quelling domestic disputes
0826313469
Sheriffs--History--New Mexico
Sheriffs--History--Arizona
Administration of Criminal Justice--History--New Mexico
Administration of Criminal Justice--History--Arizona
Sheriffs --1846-1912
363.28209789 Bal 42
Desert Lawmen: The high sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona 1846-1912 - Albuquerque, NM Univ. of N.M. Press 1992 - xii, 414 p.
An historical survey of frontier lawmen in territorial New Mexico and Arizona reveals that sheriffs were generally elected to four year terms, defended settlers and protected their property from violence, and performed other duties ranging from tracking down stagecoach robbers and serving court warrants to locking up drunks and quelling domestic disputes
0826313469
Sheriffs--History--New Mexico
Sheriffs--History--Arizona
Administration of Criminal Justice--History--New Mexico
Administration of Criminal Justice--History--Arizona
Sheriffs --1846-1912
363.28209789 Bal 42