Word: jailing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...FALL GUY-The sad story of the unhappy little chap who could not hold his job and almost went to jail...
Proudly he went to jail. Proudly Platon returned to the dim Cathedral under the protecting shadow...
...FALL GUY-The trials of a flat-dweller in Manhattan who could not hold his job and nearly went to jail in the last...
...large number of Prohibition cases in arrears before the courts. The effort was made. Mail)7 convictions resulted. Now the result is being felt. The Federal prisons at Atlanta, Leavenworth and McNeill's Island are badly overcrowded. Some prisoners have been "boarded" by the Federal Government in local jails-an expensive business for the Government. In order to reduce the crowding, the board of paroles has been ordered to expedite its work. Ordinarily a bootlegger sentenced to a year in jail cannot get out on parole under six months. Now many are being paroled in four months...
...room performing feats. His sister ran for a policeman. Mr. Garcia knocked down the peaked bluecoat. Came another. Mr. Garcia bit him; he hit Mr. Garcia with a blackjack; Mr. Garcia dived from the window into the clutches of two more officers who lugged him, roaring, off to jail...