For the Commonwealth
A young man, unskilled and out of work, deserts his family and upon being arrested for his desertion, assaults an officer and for this last offense, is sent to state prison, while his wife t... Read allA young man, unskilled and out of work, deserts his family and upon being arrested for his desertion, assaults an officer and for this last offense, is sent to state prison, while his wife tries to support herself and her child by shirt making. The enforced idleness of confinemen... Read allA young man, unskilled and out of work, deserts his family and upon being arrested for his desertion, assaults an officer and for this last offense, is sent to state prison, while his wife tries to support herself and her child by shirt making. The enforced idleness of confinement is so terrible to the convicts that the warden, out of common humanity, asks the governo... Read all