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Memphis newspapermen did not forget one election night in 1928, when every reporter in sight was thrown into jail for threatened breach of the peace, a handily unbailable offense in Memphis.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Well, you can make another call; we have a liberal policy in that regard. I can’t offer you the opportunity of calling a bondsman because your offense is unbailable, at present. When you’re arraigned, however—”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick