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Sep 28, 1951
George Jones is jailed for the second time in five weeks for failure to make support payments to his wife, Dorothy
Dec 25, 1951
Merle Haggard spends Christmas in the Bakersfield Juvenile Hall for truancy. His mother shows up during the day with a holiday gift: a Martin guitar. Haggard runs away during the early part of 1952, and ends up in a reformatory in Whittier, California
Dec 29, 1953
Webb Pierce is jailed and charged with drunk and disorderly conduct and with resisting arrest after forcing his way into the dressing room of female wrestler Cora Combs at the Hippodrome in Nashville. Combs goes by the pokey to ask for his release, saying she feels responsible
Aug 29, 1954
Ohio's Columbus Citizen reports that Woody Guthrie has just finished a jail sentence at the Columbus City Prison--his 12th jail stay in six weeks, as he rides the railroads illegally. Guthrie also notes in the story that he wrote "Oklahoma Hills"
Apr 1, 1957
Merle Haggard's first daughter, Dana, is born in Bakersfield. He misses the event, serving nine months in the Ventura County Jail for stealing a 1952 Oldsmobile
Sep 22, 1957
T. Texas Tyler is arrested and jailed in San Antonio for possession of marijuana after he's found with 45 doobies at the White Plaza Hotel. Tyler is unable to perform at a tour stop that night with fellow members of the Grand Ole Opry
Dec 23, 1957
Left unattended in jail, Merle Haggard walks out the front door of the Bakersfield police station, a day after the attempted robbery of a restaurant
Dec 24, 1957
After escaping a day earlier, Merle Haggard is apprehended by police at his brother's home, handcuffed and returned to the Bakersfield Jail
Jan 1, 1958
Johnny Cash gives his first New Year's performance at San Quentin prison in California. He does several more in ensuing years
Jan 30, 1958
Merle Haggard is imprisoned at San Quentin for a botched burglary attempt
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