... except the sheriff of
Westmoreland, whose office was hereditary, and the sheriffs of London and
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
VICTOR HUGO
PART 2
BOOK 4
CHAPTER 4
The Kind of Magistracy under the Wigs ... arm the under-sheriff, his left arm the justice of the quorum. The justice of
the quorum, assisted by the bailiff of the hundred, termed the wapentake,...