Interim Report Respecting Sheriffs of the Commission to I...
Assembly, Ontario Legislative Excerpt from Interim Report Respecting Sheriffs of the Commission to Inquire Into, Consider and Report Upon the Best Mode of Selecting, Appointing, and Numerating Sheriffs, Etc., Etc., 1921
Under the institution of Frank Pledge - the earliest English Police System on record - the County was divided into Tithings, or groups of ten family heads, who were mutually responsible for each other's good behaviour, and bound to assist in producing any ...