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...marry him so that he may have some of the capital. Ben, it seems, burned a barn in his early youth and has not been seen until the hour of mother's death. These are the basic entanglements. Then Jane plays the Samaritan. She keeps Ben out of jail, pays Henry's rent, and buys Orrin a pair of skates. In return for this she is tolerated. Several rifts in the course of true love occur...

Author: By B. F., | Title: "ICEBOUND" AT ST. JAMES | 1/30/1924 | See Source »

...witness refuses to testify he is, by the rules governing Congressional investigations "punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than $100 and imprisonment in a common jail for not less than one month nor more than twelve months and "no witness is privileged to refuse to testify to any fact or refuse to produce any paper, respecting which he shall be examined by either House of Congress, or by any committee, on the ground that his testimony or production of such paper may intend to disgrace him or otherwise render him infamous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quick Work | 1/28/1924 | See Source »

...standards was cited. That was an emergency budget measure adopted by a Harvard student last year. After he had boldly written checks until the bank was swamped, he came in with a handful of them, marked "No Funds," and declared that they were forgeries. A couple of days in jail however convinced him that he must have written them after all, and he confessed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Careless Not Dishonest" say Square Bankers of Harvard's Money Ways; Overdrafts Common; Forgery the Exception | 1/17/1924 | See Source »

...political prisoners'" dinner is to be held in the House of Commons. All M. P.'s invited must have been sent to jail for political crimes-two deportations count for one imprisonment. All the invites are Laborites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News Notes, Dec. 31, 1923 | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

...were sentenced to jail for 30 days and a negro for six months in the Traffic Court today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bichloride of Mercury | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

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