petty constable造句

• Parish constables, sometimes referred to as petty constables, were attested by justices of the peace but accountable to the local churchwardens.
• More recently, the Chamberlain of Chester was a Conservator in the county of Cheshire; and petty constables are, by the common law, conservators in the first sense.
• The hearth tax was much resented because it often entailed inspection of the interior of dwellings by the sub-collectors and petty constables, who had legal authority to enter every property to check on the number of hearths.