Forum Title: LIZZIE BORDEN SOCIETY Topic Area: Fall River and Its Environs Topic Name: Jennings, Brayton and Swift /  in court /1914  

1. "Jennings, Brayton and Swift /  in court /1914"
Posted by Gramma on Mar-30th-04 at 5:24 PM

Interesting!
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=232&invol=671


Gramma

2. "Re: Jennings, Brayton and Swift /  in court /1914"
Posted by doug65oh on Mar-30th-04 at 5:55 PM
In response to Message #1.

It's a shame they had no methods to make audio recordings of arguments in 1914; I'd like to have heard that one!

Doug

3. "Re: Jennings, Brayton and Swift /  in court /1914"
Posted by doug65oh on Mar-30th-04 at 6:02 PM
In response to Message #2.

Boy, they sure were strict on lunch hours!

Doug

4. "Re: Jennings, Brayton and Swift /  in court /1914"
Posted by lydiapinkham on Mar-30th-04 at 8:34 PM
In response to Message #3.

That five minute lag does seem unusually picky (for that time especially), but I think they had to fight everything in order to put through labor reforms.  Just think how in 1890 small children were working overtime rolling cigars, etc.  Jacob Riis took amazing pictures of working conditions in New York, and a shot of the housewives and kiddies rolling cigars on the kitchen tables of their tenement apartments was one of many photos that could make the most staunch conservative sit up and take notice.

--Lyddie

5. "Re: Jennings, Brayton and Swift /  in court /1914"
Posted by Raymond on Mar-31st-04 at 12:45 PM
In response to Message #4.

It did: "why can't we do that again?"
Note the recent Federal rules on mandatory payment of overtime!!!!

6. "Re: Jennings, Brayton and Swift /  in court /1914"
Posted by augusta on Apr-10th-04 at 11:51 AM
In response to Message #5.

Thanks for posting the link, Gramma.  If anyone has "Victorian Vistas", Jennings is mentioned in lots of things after 1893, as are several other Borden case characters.  But never Dr. Bowen.  Grrrrr...

7. "Re: Jennings, Brayton and Swift /  in court /1914"
Posted by Raymond on Apr-10th-04 at 4:14 PM
In response to Message #4.

I don't diagree with what you are saying. But working at home WAS the common lot of mankind for generations. The question is: are they doing it for themselves, or as hired pieceworkers?
Remember Silas Marner, independent producer? Not a mill-worker, he was able to save a pile of gold.