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Show J V No Compensation for Injured Pritonert , Prisoner whtl working for th county who may b Injured while at work are not entitled to com pen -aatlon under tha workmen' compensation com-pensation act. according to an opinion of Assistant Attornay General Gen-eral Robinson, to whom an application applica-tion for compensation.'whlch bad been made to he industrial commission com-mission by Karl Jenkins waa referred. re-ferred. "Presumably," says Mr. I Robinson, "Mr. Jenkins Is In Jail be cause of having committed a, crlm against tbs stat. It would certainly cer-tainly be Inconsistent for th state to pay compensation to a man while aervlng aa a prisoner, to compensate compen-sate the atata for th crlm oom-rnllted oom-rnllted araln.t th tate." |