A new conductor generalis : being a summary of the law relative to the duty and office of justices of the peace, sheriffs, coroners, constables, jurymen, overseers of the poor, &c. &c. : with many new and improved subjects, alphabetically arranged, comprising a variety of practical forms, all of which have been carefully collated with the revised laws of the State of New-York ... : to which is added, an analysis of the law for the recovery of debts to the value of twenty-five dollars
The office of sheriff: shewing its history, antiquity, powers, and duties; the manner of appointing the high sheriff, his under-sheriff, and other deputies; also, the election of sheriffs of London and Middlesex, with the bye-laws of the city relating thereto; and other useful matter. Together with the nature of actions by and against sheriffs, including all the modern determinations to the end of Trinity term last; with necessary precedents of returns to writs, &c.