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From: "S.G." <>
Subject: Re: Shand
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 07:36:51 -0700

Hi Lynn,
A sherriff in Scotland at that time would be a magistrate or judge.
Sir Walter Scott, who most of us recognise as an author in the early 18th
Century, was also a lawyer and sherriff in the Border country for about
thirty years. In view of this I think that the sherriff did not pound the
beat as a policeman, but was on the bench in a court of law. Hope this helps
your research.
Bye for now
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Stewart G....
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From: Lynn Millar <>
To: <>
Date: August 21, 1999 9:41 PM
Subject: Shand


Is it possible to verify if a John Shand was a sherriff in Aberdeenshire
around 1835-1840. Is a sherriff the same as a police officer?

Thank you,
Lynn Millar

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