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NEW ENGLAND SHERIFF :

OR,

DIGEST OF THE DUTIES OF CIVIL OFFICERS;

BEING A COMPENDIUM OF THE

LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS,

WITH REFERENCE

TO THOSE OF THE NEIGHBORING STATES,

UPON THOSE SUBJECTS.

WITH COPIOUS FORMS.

BY ISAAC GOODWIN,

COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

"It ought distinctly to be understood, that when sheriffs conduct with good
faith, neither the court, the bar, nor the public should favor prosecutions
against them for inadvertent mistakes."

Opinion of the Court, 2 New Hampshire Reports, 147.

Worcester:

PUBLISHED BY DORR AND HOWLAND.
BOSTON: RICHARDSON, LORD AND HOLBROOK.