 | 1882 - 582 pages
...of the Common Law, and which even finds honorable mention in the last edition of the Enclycopaedia Britannica, in the article on "Constables," may perhaps...happen on a Woman she must provide one to serve the Office."t In attempting to reconstruct the historical idea of the office of constable, we cannot rely... | |
 | 1883 - 504 pages
...of the Common Law, and which even finds honorable mention in the last edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, in the article on ' ' Constables," may...happen on a Woman she must provide one to serve the Office." f In attempting to reconstruct the historical idea of the office of constable, we cannot rely... | |
 | John Martin Vincent - 1883 - 502 pages
...of the Common Law, and which even finds honorable mention in the last edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, in the article on " Constables," may perhaps...happen on a Woman she must provide one to serve the Office."2 In attempting to reconstruct the historical idea of the office of constable, we cannot rely... | |
 | William Root Bliss - 1888 - 264 pages
...reputation, and, as in old Saxon times, so now, it was intended that only those should have it who were " honest and able men both in body and estate and not of the meaner sort." Every constable, said a Plymouth Colony law, "shall have a Black Staff e tip' t with Brasse as a Badge... | |
 | 1907 - 180 pages
...reputation, and as in old Saxon times, so now, it was intended that only those should fill it who were honest and able men, both in body and estate, and not of the meaner sort. For nearly one hundred and sixty years town meetings were held in what is now West Bridgewater, the... | |
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Liberties," published in London, 1719, it is said, " The Petty Constable is chosen by the people of the Parish. . . . The Petty Constables ought to be honest and able Men both in Body and Estate, and not of the meaner Sort ; and therefore it hath been... 