public executioner

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And, he reminds the budding journalists, "you are not the judge, jury and public executioner."

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2016

Sire," replied Crillon, "I beg your Majesty's pardon for reminding you, that there is a public executioner appointed by law, and I must not interfere with any other man's office.

From Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

During forty years he had exercised the functions of the public executioner.

From Herodias by Flaubert, Gustave

Early in life, while in Italy, he wrote a grave essay on Money, which contrasted with another of rare humor suggested by the death of the public executioner.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 119, September, 1867 by Various

The Bolshevists in Petrograd are finding a difficulty in the appointment of a public executioner.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various