... 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, apprehended, examined, and, under the ... subjected little by little to the friction of manners and ideas, they have lost their old aspects. It was the duty of the sheriff of the county to escort and protect the judges on circuit. As we...