Continuity: After James Allen's second escape from the chain gang, the last newspaper article shown onscreen states that he escaped "A little more than a year ago...". In the (final) scene that follows, Helen says to him, "It's been almost a year since you escaped."
Factual errors: When Jim is serving his 9 more months after his second capture, a calendar is shown and the months drop off one by one. December 31st is shown to be on a Saturday. On the next page, January is shown to begin on Wednesday (or some other day besides Sunday).