... was lound that he answered Ihe deseription of an eseaped conviet from Dartmoor Prison, nud the nathorities of that prison were commuuieated with, The chief | warden of Dartmoor Prison attended before ths f magistrates and identified the prisoner ns a person ...

... she was deserted D‘Dmy. whe afterwards, for various offences, mcndthmfi;u-d seven years’ penal servitude. When he was in Dartmoor prison Mrs. Drury heard that he had died, and wrote to the authorities to imquire. In return she received a certificate of his ...

... semaphore system, invented and presented gratis to the nation, we believe, by Captain Best, the late Deputy-Governor of Dartmoor Prison. This signalling a pparatus has four arms, which can be readily raised and luwured in various directions, as required ...

... ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. The “Daily Telegraph™ says:—The parties of convicts were a 8 usual on Thursday morning sest to work on the Dartmoor prison farm. Among them was a band of seven men. About nine o'clock they were engaged in building a wall at the hack of the prison ...

... Last week we announced that Alexander Sigismound, who has figured under a variety of fictitiong names, had escaped from Dartmoor prison on the 251 h of August. This convict will be remembered by many of our readers on account of a robbery which took place ...

... eighth report of Colonel Jebb, surveyor of conviet prisons, rjlm issued, gives some interesting information relative to Dartmoor prison. The establishment having been formed as a prison for invalids capable of light labour, itis of importance to know how ...

... of the Dartmoor conviet prison. It appears that the prisoner had grossly misconsuvtod himwminm he bad been lodged at Dartmoor prison, and had made three attempts to escape. A few days ago he made an attempt to eseape by running away from the separate ...

... George Wood.- cock, who was sentenced o six months’ imprisonmental the recent Devon winter assizes for Cseaping from Dartmoor Prison. Ituppears that, although o yonng—being only 25 years of age—he bonsts thiat he has been in nlmost every gaol in the country ...

... Thirty women have become widows, and 97 children orphans. An appeal is being made to the public. At the inquest on the Dartmoor prison convict, who was shot dead by the warder whom he attacked, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased convict came ...

... Henry Stebbings, thirty-six, was charged with the murder of Hanush Brett, cleven years of age. The prisoner had left Dartmoor prison, where he bad undergone mgpnsnnmant for stabbing a woman, and on returning to Norfolk reported himself to the police. ...

... to be provided ; and at Cardiff this is also necessary. Wirnotvr A Ticker-or-Leave.—George Wooderck, who escaped from Dartmoor Prison a short time ago, and who is now awaiting his trial in the Devon county goal, is a most zotorious ofiender; and it is ...

... IOTORIOUS CONVICT. e announced that Alexander Sigis. figured under a variety of fictitions ped from Dartmoor prison on the 25th convict will be remembered by many account of a robbery which took place w years azo, and as his life has been merous offences ...