#learning a trade

[gothtogod]

So imma learn how to braid hair this week :D

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“Grants Request Penitentiary Term,” Ottawa Journal. September 23, 1937. Page 14. ---- On his own request, Marcel Real, 22, who gave his address as 136 Clarence street was sentenced by Magistrate O’Connor to two years in Kingston penitentiary for house-breaking and theft.

He asked for the Penitentiary term in preference to being sent to a reformatory because he wanted to learn a trade, police said.

Real, who told police upon his arrest that he was to be married shortly, pleaded guilty to breaking into the home of Alice Leblond. 387 King Edward avenue, and stealing three dresses and several other articles. He also admitted three theft charges, stealing watches from the clothing of painters who were working in Lisgar Collegiate.

The sentences run concurrent.

[AL: Real had been in jail a few times, but nothing more. He was from Montreal. French Canadians with poor command of English, a cook’s helper who had been unemployed for two months before the burglary. He was convict #4747 at Kingston Penitentiary, but by December of that year was transferred to Collin’s Bay Penitentiary, becoming convict #1278, and worked in the kitchen there. He was released September 1939. He would be back in prison by 1946.]

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“SENT TO THE "PEN",” Kingston Whig-Standard. February 22, 1937.  Page 1. ---- BELLEVILLE, Feb 22 - (CP) — Harold Bartoluicoi, Montreal tailor, requested a two-year term in Kingston Penitentiary when he pleaded guilty to theft from cottages at Oak Lake and Magistrate Bailer obliged. He wanted to learn another trade as there was no openings In the tailor business.

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“Asks For ‘Pen’ Term,” Toronto Star. December 18, 1930. Page 07. ---- Montreal, Dec. 17. - Found guilty of theft and sentenced to six months in jail by Judge Enright to-day. Wilfred Daguay asked the judge to send him to St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary for two years so he would be taught a trade.

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November Newsletter: The Clock is Ticking Edition ⏰

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[thesquealer]

Learning a Trade-Responding to a Letter by Raymond The best gift you can give yourself is learning a trade. Aside from giving you independence, it can be very helpful wherever you find yourself. Though it might take 6 months to 2 years to acquire a skill, the rewards are enormous.