I may be wrong but I believe that they had jurisdiction over all
criminal activity in t heir patrol zones. Kyoto was broken up into quite
a few patrol districts by group--Shinsengumi, Mimiwarigumi, Shoshidai
etc and each had their "zones". We have a color coded map in the files
section of the main SHQ list (last row bottom of page)
http://photos.groups.yahoo.com/group/SHQ/lst
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Barbara Sheridan
http://www.barbarasheridan.net
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