Boston Corners, 1853 was a hangout, a resort for fugitives and criminals. Prize fighting was prosecuted in New York State. Prize fighters were arrested for unlawful assembly, breach of the peace, “affray, rout and riot.” Prize fighting was not prosecuted in Massachusetts and therein hangs the tale.
Kimberly Maurer, the Annville woman convicted of first-degree murder in the starvation and beating death of her 12-year-old stepson, Max Schollenberger, was sentenced on June 1 to life plus 10 years in prison.