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Not like the close-feeling, close-smelling, dirty-clean graveyard they call a gaol.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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All the stats show that inmates, sorry, Service Users, of local authority childrens homes tend to achieve little at school, gravitate toward crime, drugs and prostitution before dying early in gaol.
Too Fat to Love? Dungeekin 2009
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As a JP you should know that the laws governing self defence, defence of property, civilian arrest powers and associated uses of force are more than adequate to protect the public and prevent them from being thrown in gaol.
I am Brian « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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We're not sure how long the King left his son in gaol.
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Such enjoyment, particularly by a steady stream of stock market manipulators, land them in gaol.
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A body of police, provided with the proper writs, seized two negroes from the ranks and placed them in gaol.
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Marian will take care of his family whilst he is in gaol.
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