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l enturies old traditiion in sheriff franks job rtc last man to tuns lir hal ton coly dropped lo ohllv ion in 1878 hopefully tbere wont be an other hanging in the county lor if there la it will mean a policeman or vriaon guard has lett latn but in be event 1 an execution halton county sheriff andrew frank is ready j lt thi ahorlfia job to aet juj the execution j the sheriff nets in touch with a certain official in toronto who sols ui touch with the hang 5nan and a date la aet daath call t its the sheriffs lob to miai oat the man who waits in the meath cell and then apcoly the dimenlon of the bcaflold the aheriff aupervisei a the scaf told is erected outside the cell and its the sheriff vho ar ranges for a doctor and a min later to be present and then afterwards sees that the man at the end of the rope is bur led not a pleasant taik but clearly one of the duties of hut ancient office frank tho ciiunty s ninth aheriff said hes glad he hlv never in his eleven years or of ice had to assist in a tuniflng but he added in the event he would not flinch at the duly shriff quit tub georgetown h1rald tuesday sic 24th 19u murderers 1850 s executed in the mr frank of milton former ly of naasagaweya township in north halton was a real estate broker and in the hulldlnk trade before being appointed hy the lieutenant governor to the full lime sheriffs job in 1058 church gldar a golfrr at halton heights and elder of st paul s united church in milton sheriff and mrs rrank have three married daughters and a son who at lends york university he is assisted in his duties in the county building by ocp uty sheriff it m mac sprowl or actnnwhn haheld that po sltlon for the past five years an kmiucmiii school ivoard member sprowl mairicd with uo duuilhlirs woi a farmer iw fore moving lo the cojnty building full time lit was one or two canadians one year who received a nuffield scholarship in agriculture and mjdiul at cambridge university in v ng land mr sprowl is an elder at knox presbyterian church in acton both sheriff and deputy are canadians from way back they noted with pride rranks anccs apparently not all sheriff have the necessary emotional rinct a cniekirv fibre for the task after cmjfjroi a rkicnd execution around 1850 the she tueij a ufict riff of the time is said to have i ncn a nuol quit his job said krank supprt th haml auto sheriff frank could add little mobile club slogan or this ho- to the identity of the official liday season iirst a friend ontario hangman then a host friends who host parties during the holidays only one man in ontario i d ttus drinks on guesta who knows who the provincial i t drive home have a hangman is he said and i good sclccllon of nonalcoholic don t know who thatone man is bcvcracyjllaii at least an hour tor drinksti wear off instead oltrrortcdrljflu late in the even haslze food and cof all the sheriff knovs tstkstr in the event of m conviction and death sentence ho would con ing en uct n official in toronto who a 5 parly but intum would probably contact cn4vour uuem home safel nvther official before the han remembered firs as a friend man is reached this mjiitenous figure who places this nooic around the neck of the condemned man and rclcawts the trapdoor has been reported euewhcre ik ing a professional man not even hu wife is believed to know her husbands udaline nowval sunday december bth wis white gift sundi at or il united church iunn tin pn- if there were to he another eeaiional hjmn of wc ihm hnfiinu in halton count said klncs the sunday school chil sheriff prank the acaffold drcn came forward and placed white gilts to help make happier holiday woild fio up in an enclosure outside the county courthouse nearby are the trevci of two qeeesps oi the season from all the folks at rawsons grocery their ullts at the front of the church sunday bchnol pjpili usit injj in the church wrwic were iaim lajcrfuit terry laid law alun johnson and dor don lyorm lht junior choir sanr spec tal lumbers during the service the gifts were delivered to st lukes unitexl church iir downtown toronto for dlstnbu lion amoiitf needy families in the city this sunday was also ob served by the donation of one day s pay for the lungry of the world this is a special projert of the united church of canada to raise extra funds for the needy of the world it is still not too lau to make ypur don tion mrs ia mel cin mmfr and best wishes from a j norris 42 kin st eait georgetown 8776771 for ituuranc in all 1u b ranch tors came to halton county in 1837 and the sprowl arrived in th county in 1829 both men enjoy their work the duties the responsibilities and the very fact of the intlq ulty of the sheriffs office fiv cnturls it dates back five centuries before 1b6 noted sheriff frank early saxon writings refer to the sherirf as the chief magistrate of ttja shire the law in ua in canada today he said the duties ol the sheriff and lh jury system are almost identical wwt that which h nortnw brought with them to en aland those 000 years ago piractically the only change the sheriff said is that now seven men are required on a grand jury instead of the prev iolbt 13 sucta jurlas it is the ihcriff s job to select grand and petit juries the grand jury is that bddy that bocs throjgh tho evidence surrounding a police charge to determine if the case war rants a trisl in the hlch court if it doesi the crand jury re turns what u known as a true bj1 otherwise its a no bill there arc four cojnty court slttlnes a year the sheriff ex plained two general sessions of the peace heard before juries generally beginning the first week in december and again in june and two nnn jury sit tings held at intervals between the jury trials th accuad the accused person coming up for trial elects at the matt stratas harmg whether they want a judge and jury or just a judge to hear the cas halton county court is cur rently presided over by judge alan b sprague of oalcvllle the supreme court sits in the same court house the first week in january winter assli es and then again in septem her fall atairrt with jurlea present both time plus two nonjury sittings at intervals these trials arc presidnd oer by various circuit judges from toronto the sheriff u responsible for iuardlng feeding and if con victed transportation to prison of all accused persons on trial in the county cojrlhouse court comtabu senior cowl constable wil ham randall and his h mn plus one woman constable mrs clifford houston tako no chan ces in handling the many crlm inal types who come into th building says the sheriff we hae alwaf usd grest precaution and maximum secj nty he said that is why we have had n0 incidents of violence uhile these people have been in mr custody he added we take pride in never having a display of violence or an escape in the courtroom area we have always had adequate constables and thoy get a vouch bunch of humanity in that cojnty building noted deputysheriff sprowl murderers thieves thugs booth have all passed through the halton county cojrt and the sheriff his deputy and con elabltvi have been there to guard them ferd them and if necewury arrange for their transportation to federal pen tentlary in klnston we mus look after the jur its toet addhl sheriff trank murdtr trials lust yi ir hi rcillcd dirnu two separate capital murder trials the juries had to be de tainwl in a motel every imnub they wcjc not in court until the completion of the trials the jurymen wor triiipor ted to and from cojrt every day uml kepi utuhr guard at all times inla was to deny them l robes for last time robes for iast time georgeloim reeve william hunter is given a hand by halton county deputy clerk claro mckay as he dons his wardens robes to preside at tho last county council meeting of his term it s likely haltons next wardon will be either austan tedwitli of milton allan day of oakville or george currio ofesquesmg ryders tv service 49 min st n georgetown noel wo wish you health and happiness to friends from starcrest farms mk amd mrs a n stark and james any communication with the outside unrld until a erdicl had been kiven another time recalled the sheriff on the very lost day of a three week civil cao a jury man broke o in red mcaslei to have sent the man nome would have meant dismissing tho entire jur calling another and beginning the trial over arain the shcriff said that fctruck sheriff prank as a horrible fate for all concur ned w i doped him up with aspirin nnd a ked him to hang on the i i ind hc trial came to a close and thch and only then did the juryman go home may iko slar of botliloriom load uii to harmony exchange house chris at this oyful time of yer i would like to taka this opportunity in wishing each and everyone a very merry christmas and a happy new year sch0uten auctioneer milton to otjh hot moras our wahmest wishes and to all thanks for your wonderful patranagvl arnos texaco socialist in volkswagen repira 87 main street north 8774571 and a sincere thank you for your patronage robert r 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