Refrigerator = jail?

[Wilson Gray]

FWIW, I can remember when "the cooler" was a common slang term for gaol.

-Wilson

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>Came across this in the Willimantic Chronicle, Connecticut; (Brooklyn is a
>CT town/village near Willimantic):
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>>Mar. 14, 1883: A stranger named Patrick Grady in a drunken condition fell
>>against a window in the
>>European house Monday and refused to pay for the damage. Complaint was
>>made to Officer Flynn who brought him
>>before Justice Sumner where a fine of $2 and cost were imposed. He
>>appealed from this decision and will await in
>  >the Brooklyn refrigerator judgement from the superior court at the May term.
>
>Michael McKernan