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Herring in extremis: East Tennessee Sheriff wants to serve 80 year old arrest warrant, without looking to see whether it was already served

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

In a clear publicity stunt, the Sheriff's Office in Elizabethton, TN unearthed an 80-1/2 year old arrest warrant in a storage area and sent it off to be served, oblivious to whether it has already been served. They admittedly don't even know whether the warrant has already been served. Historical 80-year-old warrant provides blast from the past, posted Thursday, Feb. 25, 2009, in the Elizabethton, TN, Star. An 80-year-old warrant was recently returned to the department from the Glynn County Sheriff's Office in Brunswick, Ga., charging J.A. Rowland with violating the Tennessee bad check law on Aug. 13, 1928. The warrant is signed by Justice of the Peace R.T. Johnson and lists the amount of money owed by Rowland--$30 for the bad check, $2 for the arrest fee and 50 cents each for the affidavit and warrant...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 01, 2009 (boomark / email).