I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there
and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes.
I told him if he had stolen a railroad
he would be a United States Senator.
-Mother Jones
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Hellraisers Journal, Sunday September 10, 1916
From The Masses: Irrelevant Evidence by Art Young
Attorney for the Defendant: “Your honor, the defendant was out of work. He has a sick wife and three small children.”
Prosecuting Attorney: “Your honor, I object. The evidence is irrelevant, incompetent and immaterial.”
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SOURCE
The Masses
(New York, New York)
-Sept 1916
http://dlib.nyu.edu/themasses/books/masses065
IMAGE
Defendant Out Of Work, Art Young, Masses, Sept 1916
& Details
http://dlib.nyu.edu/themasses/books/masses065/22-23
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