Larry D. Ball - Desert Lawmen: The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona 1846-1912
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The High Sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona 18461912
Larry D. Ball
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO PRESS ALBUQUERQUE
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ball, Larry D., 1940 Desert lawmen : the high sheriffs of New Mexico and Arizona 18461912 / Larry D. Ball.1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8263-1346-9 0-8263-1700-6 (pbk.) 1. SheriffsNew MexicoHistory. 2. SheriffsArizonaHistory. 3. Criminal justice, Administration ofNew MexicoHistory. 4. Criminal justice, Administration ofArizonaHistory. I. Title HV8145.N6B33 1992 363.2'82'09789dc20 92-7610 CIP
1992 by the University of New Mexico Press. All rights reserved. First paperbound printing, 1996
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Contents
Maps and Illustrations
vii
Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
1 The Origins of the Sheriff's Office in New Mexico and Arizona Territories
1
2 Organization of the Sheriff's Office
19
3 The Sheriff and the Law Enforcement System
38
4 Getting in Office: Seeking Preferment to the Shrievalty
55
5 Servant of the Court
89
6 Keeper of the Keys: The Sheriff as Jailer
108
7 The Sheriff and Extralegal Justice
128
8 Deathwatch
147
9 Conservator Pacis
179
10 Fugitives from Justice
202
11 Sheriffs in Times of Crisis
225
12 Ex-Officio Collector
246
13 Handyman
265
14 The Shrievalty Enters the Twentieth Century
279
15 Conclusion
301
Notes
309
Appendix A: List of Sheriffs
345
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Appendix B: Legal Hangings
373
Appendix C: Lynchings
378
Bibliography
383
Index
399
Page vii
Maps and Illustrations
Maps
1 New Mexico County Boundaries, 1850
3
2 Judicial Districts of Arizona, 1864
15
3 County Boundaries of New Mexico and Arizona, c. 1880
228
4 Counties of New Mexico and Arizona, c. 1910
282
Illustrations
New Mexico Sheriffs
75, 106
Arizona Sheriffs
83
Jails and Courthouses
167
Executions
172
Death Threat
177
Sheriff's Sale
178
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Preface
On 15 July 1881, a New Mexico sheriff informed the governor that he had shot and killed a notorious badman in Fort Sumner on the previous evening. The confrontation had taken place in the bedroom of rancher Pete Maxwell when the fugitive unwittingly walked in upon the two men. The lawman explained that he had visited Maxwell in search of information about the movements of the outlaw:
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