"28mm County Marshall's Office" Topic
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chicklewis | 15 Aug 2017 6:57 p.m. PST |
Nice kit ! Too bad there is only one "L" in Marshal. |
Editor in Chief Bill | 15 Aug 2017 7:47 p.m. PST |
Did they care about spelling in the Old West? When did dictionaries become common? |
chicklewis | 15 Aug 2017 9:13 p.m. PST |
Yah, it really makes me sad. The modeler of the building did SUCH a GORGEOUS job of weathering that Marshal sign, that to repaint it spelled correctly will not be an easy task. |
SeattleGamer | 16 Aug 2017 6:44 a.m. PST |
Actually, I think it gets even worse. By and large, there were two types of Marshals. US Marshals, who handled federal cases for a wide territory, and City Marshals, who handled town cases. The Sheriff had County jurisdiction. So that building should either say "County Sheriff" or just "Sheriff" or "Sheriff's Office", or "Town Marshal", or "City Marshal" (if they thought themselves large enough to be called a city, or say "US Marshal" (to indicate federal authority). It should not combine "County" with "Marshal". |
Editor in Chief Bill | 16 Aug 2017 6:56 a.m. PST |
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SeattleGamer | 16 Aug 2017 12:14 p.m. PST |
Feeling pretty darn sure Bill. It is very hard to reach "always" or "never" status, but a modern-day county marshal in Georgia is not the same. I still stand by what I said, that sign "should not" combine those two terms. If you can link to an old photo that shows a county marshal sign from any state west of the Mississippi and east of the Rockies, I will be very surprised. Here is a bit I found interesting: "American Old West (for example, Arizona Territory and Texas of the 1880s): Marshals, usually called town marshals or city marshals (since the larger cities were often punctilious about their titles), were appointed or elected police officers of small communities, with powers and duties similar to those of a police chief; these powers generally ended at the border of the community. By contrast, federal marshals (U.S. marshals) worked in a larger territory, especially in pioneer country, and this area could potentially overlap with the state or territorial office of county sheriff (who then, as now, policed communities, as well as areas between communities). From here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshal Just one of many pages indicating that marshals were generally town or city offices, with jurisdiction ending at the city limits, unless they were US Marshals. And Sheriffs generally have county jurisdiction. |
CorpCommander | 17 Aug 2017 10:44 a.m. PST |
I'm 100% sure it should not say county Marshal either. Though it can be spelled with two 'L's and be correct (Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language. New York: Gramercy Books. 1996.) From Wikipedia: American Old West (for example, Arizona Territory and Texas of the 1880s): Marshals, usually called town marshals or city marshals (since the larger cities were often punctilious about their titles), were appointed or elected police officers of small communities, with powers and duties similar to those of a police chief; these powers generally ended at the border of the community. By contrast, federal marshals (U.S. marshals) worked in a larger territory, especially in pioneer country, and this area could potentially overlap with the state or territorial office of county sheriff (who then, as now, policed communities, as well as areas between communities). The word marshal is still used in this sense, especially in the American Southwest. (See List of Western lawmen.) Town or city marshal is still the name for the head officer of some community police forces. |
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