Why did not armies of tipstaffs, bailiffs, sheriffs and process servers go round the pit villages to try to bring about a settlement?
They might be sheriff's officers or other bailiffs.
We intend to retain a distribution of enforcement business between bailiffs and sheriffs broadly as at present.
The appointment of honorary sheriffs is not my responsibility.
No, because honorary sheriffs do not get paid.
I have no doubt that the vast majority of sheriffs are manifestly sane and would not want to put themselves in that position.
There is the matter of the relationship between the clerks and the judges and the sheriffs.
In addition, sheriffs undertook judicial business in chambers.
