[quote=@idlehands]
I don't know if there is a sheriff. [@Jbcool] The town is about 1,000 people or so and the Army has a unit there for peace keeping in the area, it'd be up to you whether the town would have a sheriff or not. Remember it's still in the Reconstruction period, and most of the South is under marital law still. I'm not 100 % sure if that meant there wasn't any sheriffs or not, but something worth thinking about.   [url]http://www.army.mil/article/153230/150_years_ago__Army_takes_on_peacekeeping_duties_in_post_Civil_War_South/[/url]
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I'm not sure Moses knows that. He's spent his cowboying days in a town in the far west with mostly union influences, where law was upheld by police. He also isn't very up to date on the war or the news of the world, and while he knows the Union won, he doesn't know how (or if) the South is being held down by lawmen, which is why he came. He's assuming justice is run traditionally, and as a Pinkerton agent, is expected to work with the local law enforcement regardless. Heading to the Jailhouse and asking to see who's in charge is a must for someone of his personal code regardless of whether the lawman turns out to be a Sheriff, a Colonel, or a Shogun... (My god... I'm  now envisioning Caine from Kung Fu as a Pinkerton Agent...)