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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.