bailiff
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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
There, on the porch, was a bailiff acting on behalf of the Dartford Crossing seeking hundreds of pounds over allegedly unpaid fees for the £2.50 toll, known as the Dart Charge.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024
Stines, elected sheriff in 2019, had previously served as a bailiff for Mullins in the southeastern Kentucky town of Whitesburg.
From Salon • Sep. 21, 2024
“I thought the bailiff was in back of me, but it was only the dog.”
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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