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Preface to the Second Edition The first edition of The Duties of Sheriffs, Coroners and Constables, has been out of print for some time. But the many changes and additions to our statutes affecting the powers and liabilities of these officers, since its publication, would have made a new edition necessary. It has been sought to render the present revision as thorough and complete as could be, without making the work too voluminous for ready use. The errors and omissions which time has disclosed in the former edition have been corrected and supplied, and much that is new, drawn from such subsequent legislation and the decisions of the courts, has been added. The titles of the cases referred to are now given in full, and a table of these cases is prefixed; while the index which was intended to be a complete analysis of the work has many new heads added, and its arrangement improved, to give greater facility for reference. There have also been added very full references to the decisions of the courts of the other States. These cases show great uniformity in the general principles which regulate the conduct of Sheriffs, Coroners and Constables in the discharge of their duties throughout the Union—the consequence of the offices as well as the practice having a common origin. Changes, however, have been made by legislative enactments in the different States, too frequent, and extending over too many of the States to be given in detail, but to which reference is made throughout the volume. These additions, it is believed, will render the present edition of much more general use than the former one, and as much so as a work of this description can be. Utica, December 15, 187-0. Table of Contents Preface Table of Cases The Duties of Sheriffs I. Of their election, qualifications and entering upon their duties, .... II. Of their resignation and removal from office, III. Of the under sheriff, deputies and jailers, lV. Of the powers and duties of sheriffs, V. Their powers and duties in serving process, VI. Of the return of process, VII. Their duties as peace officers and on arrests for crime 1. When they may act without warrant 2. Of the warrant of arrest 3. Of the arrest 4. Of bringing the prisoner before the magistrate 5. Search warrants 6. Fugitives from justice from other states 7. Where religious meetings are disturbed 8. Their duties under peace warrants 9. Disorderly persons 10. Beggars and vagrants 11. To prevent gaming 12. To prevent racing 13. To prevent prize fighting 14. To prevent cruelty to animals 15. To prevent intemperance 16. To investigate the origin of fires 17. Their duties under the election laws VIII. Of letting prisoners to bail IX. Of their duties in courts of special sessions X. Their duties in courts of record XI. Drawing and summoning jurors XII. Of compelling the attendance of witnesses XIII. Their duties as keepers of the jails XIV. Then- duties as keepers of the jails in criminal cases XV. Of the execution of sentence XVI. Of the execution of process in civil cases XVII. Of arrests in civil cases XVIII. Arrest and bail XIX. Of the service of the summons XX. Claim and delivery of personal property XXL Attachments 1. Attachments against foreign corporations, nonresident or absconding or concealed defendants 2. Attachments against absconding, concealed or nonresident defendants 3. Attachments against foreign corporations 4. Warrants on demand against ships XXII. Of writs of ne exeat XXIII. Of the execution XXIY. Of the levy XXV. Of the personal property subject to levy XXVI. Of sales under executions XXVII. Sale of personal property XXVIII. Of the sale of real estate XXIX. Of the redemption of lands sold XXX. Sale of lands under decrees XXXI. Executions against the body XXXII. Writ of possession XXXIII. Imprisonment in civil actions XXXIV. Liberties of the jail XXXV. Escapes XXXVI. Writs of habeas corpus and certiorari XXXVII. Writs of inquiry 1. Writ of inquiry to assess damages in an action 2. Writ of ad quod damnum 3. Writ of inquiry upon the goods and chattels of one convicted or outlawed for treason XXXVIII. Special proceedings 1. Warrant under the non-imprisonment act 2. Proceedings supplementary to the execution 3. Process in actions for penalties 4. Arrest in an action for a penalty under statutes relative to the manufacture of salt 5. Execution of process of judicial officers 6. Proceedings in cases of insolvents 7. Summoning jurors under a writ de lunatico inquirendo 8. Summoning jurors in plank road cases 9. Warrant for the delivery of official books and papers 10. Warrant to deliver possession of canal premises books and papers 11. Forcible entries and detainers 12. Summary proceedings to obtain possession of lands 13. Collection of fines 14. County treasurer's warrant against collectors 15. Warrants to collect unpaid taxes 16. Notifications and warrants of the comptroller 17. Their duties concerning state lands 18. Distraining inanimate property 19. Wrecks 20. Their powers and duties under the Military Code 21. Elections XXXIX. Of their duties in surrogates' courts XL. Bonds taken by sheriffs, XLI. Attachments for contempt, XLII. Actions by sheriff's, XLIII. Actions against sheriffs The Duties of Coroners I. Of the election, qualification and duties of coroners II. Crimes cognizable by coroners 1. Murder 2. Manslaughter in the first degree 3. Manslaughter in the second degree 4. Manslaughter in the third degree 5. Manslaughter in the fourth degree 6. Justifiable homicide 7. Excusable homicide 8. Wounding 9. Concealing the death of a bastard child 10. Suicide 11. Principals 12. Accessories III. Coroners' inquests, lV. Arrest and examination of offenders, V. Execution of process where sheriffs are parties, VI. When coroners to execute the office of sheriff. The Duties of Constables I. Of the election and duties of constables II. Service of the summons III. Service of attachments IV. Service of warrants V. Proceedings for the recovery of personal property VI. Venire and trial VII. Compelling the attendance of jurors and witnesses and punishing contempts VIII. Justice's executions IX. Duties of constables in special proceedings 1. In bastardy cases 2. In cases of lunacy 3. Habitual drunkards 4. Idle and truant - children 5. Hawkers and peddlers 6. Under the highway laws 7. Summoning jurors to assess damages on opening highways 8. Encroachments upon highways 9. Draining swamps 10. Search warrants for goods pawned 11. When summoned to attend courts X. Actions against constables Fees or Sheriffs, Coroners and Constables I. Of the fees of officers generally II. Fees of sheriffs 1. For services rendered the state 2. For services rendered the county 3. Fees for summoning jurors 4. Fees in civil actions 5. Fees on executions 6. Fees on attachments against foreign corporations nonresident or absconding or concealed debtors; and against ships 7. Fees on writs of habeas corpus and certiorari 8. Fees in other cases III. Coroner's fees lV. Constable's fees Forms. Forms for sheriffs Forms for coroners Forms for constables Indexes. General index Index to forms End of Preview.
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