Gaoler
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
The keeper of a gaol. The sheriff is considered as the keeper of the gaol of his county; the actual keeper being, in contemplation of law, only the sheriff's deputy.
3 Steph. Com. 249. 1 Bl. Com. 346. 1 N. Y. Rev. St. [380, § 76,] 372, § 86. 2 Id. [764] 632.