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bailiff

[bey-lif] / ˈbeɪ lɪf /


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The department spokesperson said in an emailed statement last week that it had launched criminal and internal administrative investigations into Devoe, who worked as a bailiff at the Antelope Valley Courthouse in Lancaster.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2025

McKillen’s lawyers told the Irish Times that their client “vigorously denies any violence or any wrongdoing” against the bailiff and claimed the allegations against him were “false.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

Within a week the fines and bailiff fees were cancelled.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

The former deputy, Ben Fields, was Stines' successor as bailiff.

From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024

The bailiff stuck his head through the door and called out, “Miss Maxie Brown?”

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon




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