SHERIFF

the chief officer of the cr me |i every county. Three names for: er,; county are submitted annually b "| meeting of the pir and privy-cou ate |!0r8, and from these the crown selects veg | Sheriff for the year, His duties are m the | He is responsible for the defence of op | Shire against rebellion or foreign invas of | 22d, for this sp nces — call to are | *Ssistance all adult males. © sees to collection of all crown revenues, exec ith | the writs of the superior courts, att ser | the judges during the a ize, anc to | Sesponsible for the execution of crimiz _ g | Most of these functions are now per for. ct.|0¥ deputy, by the under-sheriff, bai he} and other a istants. In Scotland nd | Sheriff is the chicf judge of the count; ral |. SHERIFF MUIR, & plain in Perthal bly|a few miles north-east of Stirling, ‘ed | scene of an indecisive battle between \p- | Jacobite forces under the Earl of Mar a | an inferior number of royalists comm an of| by the Duke of Argyle, 1715. st-| [s. 277]