The story “The Tin star” reveals the conflict between law and sherrifs, and becomes a central issue to the narrative. Doane faces an incompetent and dishonest justice system, which stands in for the town's criminal elements. The conflict between enforcing the law and dealing with those who break it are some of the highlights of these encounters. During the early confrontation between Doane and Toby about the job, they investigate how the harsh facts of the town’s law might contradict the idealized conception of justice: "They hung the right ones. You risk your life catching somebody, and…