The policemen in Skövde, or 'the magistrate's henchmen' as they were known in formal terms of the time, were few in number during the first part of the 19th century.
Polismännen i Skövde eller "vällofiga magistratens handgångne män", som det i mera högtidliga sammanhang kunde heta på den tiden, var få till antalet under 1800-talets första del.