san Francisco Vigilance Committees of 1851 and 1856

san Francisco Vigilance Committees of 1851 and 1856
Self-appointed law enforcement committees that were organized to maintain order in San Francisco, California, during the mid-nineteenth century.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


san Francisco Vigilance Committees of 1851 and 1856
Self-appointed law enforcement committees that were organized to maintain order in San Francisco, California, during the midnineteenth century.

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