104 Verbs to Use for the Word sheriffs

"Is that your man?" asked the sheriff.

Suppose he were to tell the sheriff about the shooting of Uncle Bill?

By this charter, the city was empowered to keep the farm of Middlesex at three hundred pounds a year, to elect its own sheriff and justiciary, and to hold pleas of the crown: and it was exempted from scot, Danegelt, trials by combat, and lodging the king's retinue.

Jackson ordered the sheriff to arrest him, but that functionary failed to do it, either alone or with a posse.

The jury is impaneled as follows: The justice directs the sheriff or constable to make a list of twenty-four inhabitants of the county qualified to serve as jurors in the district court, or of eighteen if the jury is to consist of six persons.

No use following the sheriff if they hoped for details.

The fact that he had no right to appoint a sheriff was not one of the "points of consideration."

"You!" exclaimed the sheriff, extending a bony arm.

The invitation to the sheriff was delivered by the proprietor of the hotel, and he said just enoughand no moreto bring the sheriff straight to the hotel.

And that started him wishing pretty strong that Armstrong would get killed!" "Do I have to stand here and listen to this fool talk?" demanded the sheriff.

"Let her down," commanded the sheriff, and the men holding the rope allowed it to slip through their hands, and the woman in the chair darted down toward the water.

" "While there 's life there 's hope," replied the sheriff.

2. He is commander-in-chief of the state militia, and as such can assist the sheriff of a county in putting down a riot, or the President of the United States, in the event of a war.

After him went the sheriff, and Sinclair heard the heavy door of the jail locked.

"Not Shorty," denied the sheriff, with a decisive shake of his head.

They were obliged, however, to hide themselves for a time among the rocks, to elude the sheriff and his party.

At first the districts were not allowed to choose their own sheriffs, but in course of time they acquired this privilege.

"You're a fool, Sinclair," murmured the sheriff.

Chip traps a sheriff, by Max Brand, pseud.

" "That's him," muttered the sheriff.

"Look a here," growled the sheriff, "who are yer sayin' all this to anyway?

" The three stood apart for a moment whispering, and then Judge Wilson called the sheriff over, and they all went out together.

He barely escaped the sheriff at night-time, and fled beyond the seas, leaving his showy family to poverty and the ill-concealed derision of those who worshipped them while they were supposed to be rich.

Of course they had looked for a formal protest, and perhaps a sufficient show of opposition to excuse the sheriff in the eye of any stickler for legal formalities.

"This is a great note, Jake," said Dolan, eyeing the sheriff severely.

104 Verbs to Use for the Word  sheriffs