Refine Search

DARTMOOR PRISON TO BE NEW BORSTAL

... DARTMOOR PRISON TO BE NEW BORSTAL A Temporary Expedient DARTMOOR Prison is to be used for Borstal purposes, according to a Home Office statement yesterday on the large increase in the number of youths committed by the courts to Borstal institutions and ...

Published: Thursday 27 September 1945
Newspaper: Liverpool Daily Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 952 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Dartmoor to Be Military Prison DARTMOOR Prison Is to be used as a military prison for men sentenced to penal

... Dartmoor to Be Military Prison DARTMOOR Prison Is to be used as a military prison for men sentenced to penal servitude under new arrangements announced by the Home Office last night. From July it is intended to concentrate at. Parkhurst convicts of the ...

Published: Saturday 17 March 1945
Newspaper: Daily Dispatch (Manchester)
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 159 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Still No Sign of Thurston STANLEY HILTON THURSTON, the Manchester-born convict who escaped from Dartmoor Prison ..

... Still No Sign of Thurston STANLEY HILTON THURSTON, the Manchester-born convict who escaped from Dartmoor Prison 12 days ago, is still at large. A close watch is being kept on Westend restaurants and clubs in London which he is known to have frequented ...

Published: Monday 07 April 1941
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 93 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Famous as the shire of sunshine, Devon is experiencing the worst weather conditions on record. Telegraph poles ..

... weather conditions on record. Telegraph poles have been smashed by the ferocity of the blizzard, and the woods around Dartmoor Prison, where this picture was taken, have been frozen into a solid mass. Confession Inquiry Being Held To-Day At Gaol The ...

Published: Saturday 22 February 1947
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 292 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Dartmoor Hot Meal for Borstal Boys

... Hot Meal for Borstal Boys After a ten-hour journey by road from London 40 Borstal boys of the 250 to be transferred to Dartmoor Prison arrived last evening. A newly-appointed matron and a housekeeper had a hot meal ready for them, ...

Published: Friday 16 November 1945
Newspaper: Daily Dispatch (Manchester)
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 42 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DARTMOOR TRAGEDY

... DARTMOOR TRAGEDY PRISON OFFICER FOUND SHOT Nfr. W. M. Gilbert. the wcond chieflsoer at Dartmoor Prison and Borstal InstitUtioq. was found shot dead in his own quarters at Dartmoor about 6.30 a.m. to-day. His shotgun was lying beside him. Mr. Gilbert ...

Published: Saturday 26 January 1946
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 56 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

TWO CAUGHT

... TWO CAUGHT T RAPING a hedge, three members of a working party from Dartmoor Prison made off across the moor to-day. After an hour's search, two of the men were caught in a wood not far from the orison. Warders and police, aided by clear visibility, scoured ...

Published: Monday 11 August 1947
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 82 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CONVICT STILL FREE

... CONVICT STILL FREE Knowles Bebbington, 35-yearold Manchester man who escaped from Dartmoor Prison on Thursday, is still at liberty. ...

Published: Saturday 19 July 1947
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 19 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

ESCAPEES CAUGHT

... ESCAPEES CAUGHT IXXIS USED IN HUNT ON DARTMOOR The four military prisoners who escaped from a working party at Dartmoor prison yesterday were recaptured this afternoon after an all-night search by warders and police joined by Miss Mays, of Hexworthy, ...

Published: Tuesday 15 October 1946
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 44 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Prosperity Chance – Good—~Keynes

... of food are lying in warehouses, and ships have been abandoned with their hatches open.——Reuter. Dartmoor Prison to by 2 Be a * Borstal Dartmoor Prison, at Prf-sent occupied only by military prisoners, is to be used as a Borstal institution, the Home ...

Published: Thursday 27 September 1945
Newspaper: Daily Dispatch (Manchester)
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 299 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

CONVICT ESCAPES

... CONVICT ESCAPES A convict named Gordon Horsfall, aged 55. serving a sentence of six years, has escaped from Dartmoor Prison. Horsfall is described sft. {JViin. in height, clean-shaven, with brown eyes and hair, fresh complexion, wearing grey flannel trousers ...

Published: Saturday 25 January 1941
Newspaper: Liverpool Echo
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 42 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

DARTMOOR ESCAPE

... DARTMOOR ESCAPE Two military convicts escaped from Dartmoor Prison, to-day, and last seen making towards bridges on main Exeter road. VATICAN SAYS GO. Swiss radio reported to-day: Vatican ' has informed German Ambassador to the Holy See that they consider ...

Published: Friday 08 June 1945
Newspaper: Lancashire Evening Post
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 81 | Page: 1 | Tags: none