Which preposition to use with jails

for Occurrences 78%

By thunder, Peggy, if you don't answer me I'll put you in jail for breach of trust!" "Ye've changed, Joe," sadly.

of Occurrences 51%

[The house agreed to this, and the libeller was sent to the common jail of Middlesex, by warrant from the speaker.]

in Occurrences 30%

"We arrest 'ee on the charge of not biding in Casterbridge jail in a decent proper manner to be hung to-morrow morning.

at Occurrences 28%

" It seemed there was no jail at Saffron Walden, because, to the honour of the borough be it said, they had no one to put into it; and this small child had been committed for safe custody to Chelmsford to wait his trial at sessions, and had been there so long that he was actually forgotten when the day of trial came.

on Occurrences 19%

Then we had a fine fresh murder right this morning, and the present minute they's two in jail on murder charges, and both are sure to swing!"

with Occurrences 16%

Perhaps I shall go to jail with whichever of the duelists survives; but you see it is a point of honor with us all.

as Occurrences 13%

The seventy-six passengers found on board the Pearl had been committed to the jail as runaways, and Mr. Giddings, on going up to the House, by way of warning, I suppose, to the slave-holders, that they were not to be allowed to have everything their own way, moved an inquiry into the circumstances under which seventy-six persons were held prisoners in the District jail, merely for attempting to vindicate their inalienable rights.

to Occurrences 9%

'Tis to be at Casterbridge jail to-morrowthe man for sheep-stealingthe poor clock-maker we heard of, who used to live away at Shottsford and had no work to doTimothy Summers, whose family were a-starving, and so he went out of Shottsford by the high-road, and took a sheep in open daylight, defying the farmer and the farmer's wife and the farmer's lad, and every man jack among 'em.

under Occurrences 5%

But if it was the horse and cutter which left The Whispering Pines at ten or half past ten that night, then it may mean life and death to the man now in jail under the dreadful charge of murder.

of Occurrences 4%

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without Occurrences 4%

He could not exactly commit him to jail without accusation, although the apple-core and his political unimportance subjected him to grave suspicion: but he should hold the Gospeler responsible for the youth's appearance at any time when his presence should be required.

from Occurrences 4%

Vincennes, Spandau, Spilberg, Magdeburg, are all modern in comparison with a jail from which Ralph Flambard escaped so long ago in the year 1100, the date of the First Crusade.

by Occurrences 4%

You don't get people out of jail by stopping in and calling for them.

over Occurrences 2%

"We had a jail over the rice barn where the slaves were confined, especially on Sundays, as punishment for things done during the week.

until Occurrences 2%

"Jones must stay in jail until his formal examination, and if they then decide that he is really Jack Andrews he will remain in jail until his extradition papers arrive.

during Occurrences 2%

Willard Luther, my companion in and out of jail during the first part of the continental wanderings, was forced to leave for home the day after we got back to The Hague.

before Occurrences 2%

He got up and left us at once, hardly troubling to excuse himself; and Grim heard him tell the hotel proprietor that our whole party would be locked up in jail before midnight.

than Occurrences 2%

I'd ratherI'd ratheroh, I'd rather go to jail than to them!"

like Occurrences 1%

The Reformatory School nearest to Aden is at Duri in India, and thither, in spite of earnest prayers that he might go to hard labour in Aden Jail like a man and a Somali, was Moussa Isa duly transported and therein incarcerated.

across Occurrences 1%

She scarcely noticed the quiet figure that came round the opposite corner and passed into the shadows of the jail across the street.

after Occurrences 1%

Strangers in the jail after lock-up hours!

behind Occurrences 1%

The sheriff had just locked the heavy front door of the jail behind him when a half dozen horsemen, followed by a crowd of men on foot, came round a bend in the road and drew near the jail.

between Occurrences 1%

That evening the newspapers announced that during a conference at the jail between Mr. Ladley and James Bronson, business manager at the Liberty Theater, Mr. Ladley had attacked Mr. Bronson with a chair, and almost brained him.

into Occurrences 1%

Having re-fastened the door, the jailer opened the outer one and the procession passed out of the jail into the blessed free world, the world that might be such a place of wonder, beauty, delight, health and joy, were man not educated to materialism, false ideals, false standards, and blind strife for nothing worth.

about Occurrences 1%

Say, you'll find the jail about as comfortable as the New Hotel.

Which preposition to use with  jails