[quote=@Sad Ogo]
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Ya could technically do both. An outlaw on the run who became a deputy somehow or a sheriff or deputy who broke the law in a major enough way that he had to become an outlaw.  
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I was actually considering something along those lines. A lawman, but strays from the straight and narrow. Perhaps he becomes corrupted by his lust for power or a love of money (or both?).