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CERTIFIED AS DEAD

... of penal servitude. A couple of years or so after his marriage he ran away, and his wife, hearing that he had died in Dartmoor Prison, wrote there, and in return received a certificate of his death. He was, however, a‘llive, u:gdin 1881‘3 was s’enwnoedd ...

Published: Saturday 16 March 1889
Newspaper: Eastern Post
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 186 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

REAL MURDERER

... had been twice searched unauooeaafully, had been found and identified, and that a man named Thomas Grime, convict in Dartmoor prison, waa suspected of having committed the foul deed, having been first in possession the watch after the murder, and subsequently ...

Published: Wednesday 28 March 1866
Newspaper: Morning Advertiser
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 187 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

L COMVILV TILLID AT DARTMOOR

... L COMVILV TILLID AT DARTMOOR An explosion occurred during quarrying operations ' at Dartmoor Prison on Monday. A hundred convicts had been told off for bleating pwpoasr under the supsrinteedenoe of Principal Wads Moore, with Mr. Bodiner second in command ...

Published: Saturday 17 September 1887
Newspaper: Kentish Independent
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 204 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A WARDER

... MURDEROUS ATTACK ON WARDER. Another attack on warder of Dartmoor prison, such as have of late been so frequent, has been made by Michael Johnstone, convict undergoing penal servitude for life. He had committed some trivial offence against the prison rules ...

Published: Friday 07 September 1883
Newspaper: Willesden Chronicle
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

THE CLAIMANT IN DARTMOOR

... TWE CLAIMAXT IN DARTMOOR. I /- 1,- A a -- _ - . - I e Dartmoor Prison, Devon, 25th October, 1875. No. A 1139, Thomas Castro. My Dear Onslow,-Strange to say I am still alive; nor is my spirit so broken, by past misfortunes, as to be intimidated, by threats ...

Published: Sunday 14 November 1875
Newspaper: Reynolds's Newspaper
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 520 | Page: 3 | Tags: News 

TO THE EDITOR

... once, and of felony once. I last conviction at Taunton I was incarcerated Buh eight months. From thence I was removed to Dartmoor Prison, here roraab.ed three years and four months, and tloi ing that period I have earned 12/. 9s, 7d. for s'cudy condo. • and ...

Published: Tuesday 23 August 1864
Newspaper: London Evening Standard
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 459 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

OUR CORVICP SYSTEM

... felony once. L pon my last oonviotion, at Taunton, I was incarcerated eight months at Lteth. From there was removel to Dartmoor Prison, where I remained three years four months; said during that period I have earned £l2 is 71 for steady oonduot and work ...

Published: Monday 29 August 1864
Newspaper: Magnet (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 474 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

An article like that by Mr. Leslie Stephen in the current number of the Fortniyhtly Review is thoroughly ..

... will probably have no very serious consequences, for in time tho plebs will forget all about the unhappy nobleman in Dartmoor Prison ; but not the less is such a manifest and widespread delusion very unpleasant revelation of the people's mind, or what ...

Published: Saturday 19 June 1875
Newspaper: South London Chronicle
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 561 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

OUR CONVICT SYeTEM. -.-. TO THE EDITOR

... felony once. Upon my last convictio n at Taunton I was incarcerated at Bath eight months. From thence I was removed to Dartmoor Prison, where remaLed three years and four months and during period I have earned 121. 9s. 7d. for steady conduct work. Our prison ...

Published: Tuesday 23 August 1864
Newspaper: Morning Herald (London)
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 493 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

OUR CONVICT SYSTEM

... felony once. Upon my last conviotion at Taunton I was incarcerated at Bith eight months. From thence I was removed to Dartmoor Prison, where I remained three years aud four months, and during that period I have earned 12Z. 9s. 7d. for steady conduct and ...

Published: Tuesday 23 August 1864
Newspaper: London Evening Standard
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 503 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BREAKING INTO A PRISON.,

... being conveyed to Tavistock and brought before the magistrate there he said ho was treated worse than a dog while in Dartmoor Prison, and that he would psy the prison another visit and have bis revenge if he had to wait 12 years, Ho added that he would ...

Published: Wednesday 20 August 1890
Newspaper: South London Observer
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 194 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

PRISON FOR A BRUTE

... PRISON FOR A BRUTE. Jemima Riggs, the wife of a warder at Dartmoor Prison, was sentenced at Stonehenge, Devon, yesterday to two months' bard labor for neglecting her four children, all under the age of 11. The woman, after having been cautioned, was found ...

Published: Saturday 13 October 1894
Newspaper: Morning Leader
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 194 | Page: 5 | Tags: none