During its 34-year existence, the burgh had its own council, elections, coat of arms, provosts, town hall, council chambers, fire brigade, police force, and police court.
en.wikipedia.org Paint wood street refers to where there is a police court and the river.
en.wikipedia.org There were forensic laboratories, detective training facilities, a police driving school and a police wireless school, as well as representations of a police court and a police station.
en.wikipedia.org The clerk may be more precisely titled after the (type of) court, e.g. clerk of the peace attending to a justice of the peace, clerk of the police court, etc.
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