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as might have been expected, such judicial decisions (preventive imprisionment) are tinged by superior judicial authorities.
como era de esperar muchas de estas decisiones judiciales, son matizadas por organos judiciales superiores.

[as in the stories about lottery tickets, the theft of $20 seems to us insufficient reason for a lengthy imprisionment.]
[como en los cuentos de los billetes de loteria, la cantidad de $20 nos parece insuficiente para ser causa de un largo encarcelamiento.]

the section was amended only once in 1981, by act xlix in order merely to delete "hard labour " from the reference to "imprisionment ".
el artículo se enmendó solamente una vez, en 1981, mediante la ley xlix, exclusivamente para suprimir las palabras "trabajos forzados " de la referencia al "encarcelamiento ".

[it should be noted that a single lottery ticket in the 1950's was worth about 40 cents ($1 in holiday drawings) and therefore a sheet of lottery tickets (10 tickets) would have been worth only $4-$10, which seems insufficient cause for the police to come looking for him and result in a subsequent lengthy imprisionment.]
[debe notarse que un "pedacito" (ticket) de billete de loteria en los años 1950's se vendía por unos 40 centavos ($1 durante los sorteos de dias de fiesta), y por tanto una hoja de billetes (10 tickets) solo valia unos $4-$10, lo que nos parece insuficiente causa para que la policia lo viniera a buscar y causarle un largo internamiento en la carcel.]