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Show Parole Board Rules Wife, Husband Must Live Apart "Whom God hath joined together, let no man put asunder . . ." By its own practice and admission, the district parole board of Wash ington docs not feel bound by this Biblical injunction. One of its parolees was releasee from the Lorton reformatory recent ly and told she would be thrown into prison again for a year if she sees or speaks to her husband within the next 12 months. In June, 1939, Charles R. Simms. 33, and his wife, Mary, 22, wer arrested and indicted on narcotic charges. They pleaded guilty and threw themselves upon the mercy of the court. Simms was given six months to a year and his wife was sentenced to one to two years. After serving his full term Simmf was released last May. Mary served a little over a year when she was paroled in August. Simms was waiting outside tht gates of Lorton reformatory when they swung open to release his wif whom he had not seen for a year. "I can't see you, Charles," sht wept, as he rushed up to embract her. "I can't go back with you I'm afraid to talk with you. I don'i want to come back here for anothe: year behind bars." Charles went back to their homt full of bitterness against the kind of justice which continues to exact punishment after the prisoner ha? served his term in jail. Mary took an apartment a block away. In desperation, Charles appealed for help to the parish priest who had married them a short time before they got into trouble. |