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The Jamestown Ferry (also known as the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry) is a free automobile and bus ferry service across a navigable portion of the James River in Virginia. It carries State Route 31 , connecting Jamestown in James City County with Scotland Wharf in Surry County .
A sheriff court (Scottish Gaelic: Cùirt an t-Siorraim) is the principal local civil and criminal court in Scotland, with exclusive jurisdiction over all civil cases with a monetary value up to £100,000, and with the jurisdiction to hear any criminal case except treason, murder, and rape, which are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the High Court of Justiciary.
Plaque on the front of the building. Until the mid-19th century, court hearings were held in the old town house in Linlithgow. [2] After finding this arrangement unsatisfactory, court officials decided to commission a dedicated courthouse: the site they selected, on the south side of the High Street, had been occupied by Archbishop John Hamilton's house in the 16th century.
A sheriff-substitute, who was resident in Peterhead, was first appointed in 1841. [1] In the 1860s, court officials decided to commission a dedicated courthouse for the town. The site they selected was on the southwest side of Queen Street. [2] The foundation stone for the new building was laid with full masonic honours on 16 August 1869.
The Jamestown-Scotland Ferry began operations February 26, 1925 from the Jamestown end of SR 392 to Scotland across the James River. [8] The road on the Scotland side was added to the state highway system from 1926 to 1931, at first as an extension of State Route 351, [9] but soon as part of SR 392.
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However, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, the role evolved over the centuries. In modern times the sheriff or high sheriff is a ceremonial county or city official. Some commercial organisations use the term to refer to High Court enforcement officers, [9] who were known as sheriff's officers prior to 2004.