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They created vigilante justice to hunt down bandits and also imposed their own rough brands of justice. Vigilantes means self-appointed law keepers.

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How as justice enforced in some boomtowns?

Virginia city, nevada


How did vigilantes handle the law?

Vigilantes took the law into their own hands. They did not follow government law but enforced justice as they pleased.


What did vigilantes do?

Vigilantes are groups of people who take the law into their own hands and seek justice through their own actions rather than through the normal processes of police and courts


What did the vigilantes do?

Vigilantes are groups of people who take the law into their own hands and seek justice through their own actions rather than through the normal processes of police and courts


What do vigilantes do?

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In boomtown's people who dealt out their own brand of justice without benefit of judge or jury were called?

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What term described those who dealt out their own brand of justice without benefit of trail or jury?

Vigilantes. As in the term Vigilante justice. An illegal hanging without trial or jury is called a Lynching.


Who is the patron saint of vigilantes?

There is no patron saint of vigilantes.


Why did miners begin to leave boomtowns?

they began to leave their boomtowns and dissapeared just as quickly when the mine was closed


Who were the vigilantes?

Vigilantes where people who took the law into their own hands


Who lived in boomtowns?

people


What is the duration of The Vigilantes Return?

The duration of The Vigilantes Return is 1.12 hours.