Sheriff Lockhart Posts $250,000 Bond in Silver City
Lockhart spent a couple of days in Silver City securing his $250,000 bond, filed with numerous prominent bondsmen [4][3]. He took up residence in Silver City and planned to personally attend to duties with the assistance of his son, moving his family to the city in the spring [1][2][3]. Laird was to assist the sheriff until after the first term of court [2][3]. Lockhart later moved into his new residence, busy with fixing it up [5].
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- J… (1891)J. A. Lockhart, sheriff elect, has taken up his residence in Silver City.
- Mr… (1890)Mr. Lockhart will personally attend to the duties of the office with the assistance of his son, and will remove his family to this city in the spring. The deputies have not yet been named, but Mr. Laird wil…
- Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1890-12-19 (1890)For A Quarter Of A Million Sheriff-elect James A. Lockhart spent a couple of days in this city this week securing his bondsmen. Under the law the sheriff is compelled to give a bond for $200,000, but while …
- For A Quarter Of A Million (1890)For A Quarter Of A Million Sheriff-elect James A. Lockhart spent a couple of days in this city this week securing his bondsmen. Under the law the sheriff is compelled to give a bond for $200,000, but while he …
- Col… (1890)Col. Lockhart has moved into his new resi- dence and is so busy fixing up that he has for- gotten politics for the present.