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...hours later the jury returned a verdict of "not guilty" and the prisoner found that his chance shot had gone home, that his "faked" confession had freed him from fifteen years of prison in Pennsylvania without resulting in his conviction for a crime he had never committed...
...charge based, it is claimed, on their defeat at the hands of the Turks, at the same time people in the United States are protesting scarcely less vigorously against the pardon of William Bross Lloyd, millionaire convicted of sedition, after he had served eight days of a five year prison sentence...
...Lloyd's actions and his speeches are entirely opposed to the ideas of the great majority of his fellow citizens. His presence in most civilized communities may amount to a public nuisance. But the longer he was kept in prison, the greater would be the halo of "martyrdom" to gather about his head Lloyd in prison, like Gounaris executed, could appear in the light of a misunderstood, much-maligned patriot...
...hears, these days, of individuals spending days, or weeks in a convict prison, involving a considerable amount of hardship, to receive, at the end of the period, a certain pecuniary' reward. In the past education could be compared to effort of this sort, but its modern version is more like a ride in a Pullman car, with only the fare to pay and a tip for the porter at the end of the journey. Of course, paying the fare is sometimes an inconvenience, but most things have to be paid for, even the unreturned shirts in last week's laundry...
...India merchantman. Her tonnage is 1100, and she is 135 feet long with 30 foot beam. She is built throughout of solid Burmese teakwood. In 1802 the "Success" was chartered by the British government to transport to Australia the overflow from the home jails. There she became a floating prison to which men were sentenced for terms varying from seven years to life, often for what are now considered petty offenses. She was sold in 1868 by the British when the convict system was reformed. She was later sunk in Sydney harbor, but was raised and sent on an exhibition...