State v. Palmer

Layton, Judge.

It was clearly apparent to me that even had these Defendants been permitted to give evidence of the living conditions at the Workhouse, their testimony would have revealed at the very worst that the food Avas extremely bad, the guards brutal, provisions for medical treatment inadequate and that there was no adequate recreational or education program in existence.1 It is significant that none of the questions sought to elicit facts tending *310to show that the reason for the escape was based upon grave and immediate threat to life or health.

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