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deputy sheriff |
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They were a deputy sheriff from Napa and a detective from San Francisco-- Holker and Jaralson, respectively. Some loose boards laid upon the ties supporting the rails of the railway supplied a footing for him and his executioners -- two private soldiers of the Federal army, directed by a sergeant who in civil life may have been a deputy sheriff. These two assistants had arrived in Glen Ellen like precious goods in bond and been receipted for by the local deputy sheriff, who, in addition, reported on them to the prison authorities each month. |
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deputy sheriff - someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies