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Governor who quelled Dartmoor mutiny

... Governor who quelled Dartmoor mutiny The death was announced to-day lof Major Charlie Pannall. who !became governor of Dartmoor !Prison in 1932 shortly after quellling a mutiny there in which 300 iconvict s fought a pitched battle i with warders and set ...

Published: Saturday 30 January 1960
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 76 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

GUNMAN CONVICT IS FLOGGED FOR COSHING WARDER A 2 -YEAR-OLD prisoner, William Edward McGuire, serving a sentence ..

... CONVICT IS FLOGGED FOR COSHING WARDER A 2 -YEAR-OLD prisoner, William Edward McGuire, serving a sentence of 14 years in Dartmoor Prison after being sentenced at Maidstone in November, 1950, for shooting at a policeman and for shop and store breaking, has ...

Published: Wednesday 03 December 1952
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 323 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

SNOW ON DARTMOOR

... SNOW ON DARTMOOR Two inches of snow fell at Princetown, Devon, today. Outdoor work at Dartmoor prison was restricted. ...

Published: Monday 16 January 1950
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 19 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

2 gaol-breakers stole, sentenced

... 2 gaol-breakers stole, sentenced Two men who escaped from a I Dartmoor Prison working party on May 18. Eric John Beasley (30) of Loughborough (Leicestershire) and Jack Dyson (33) of Tranmere Road. Blackpool. were yesterday each sentenced to two years ...

Published: Thursday 05 July 1956
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 84 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Dartmoor hunt for convict

... been seen in that part of the moor. Q.% whose home Is at Brookhouse Cottage. Beighton. near Sheffield. got away from Dartmoor Prison shortly before 9 p.m. on Monday. He was taking Part in a football match. It is thought he used a rope to climb the prison's ...

Published: Wednesday 27 June 1956
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 85 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

of soap, flow through the office all year round. “Don’t forget our old postage stamp collections!” said Mrs ..

... year round. “Don’t forget our old postage stamp collections!” said Mrs Silvester. “The ones we collect are processed at Dartmoor Prison for collectors all over the world. Certainly a more pleasant task than sewing mailbags!” Sharing the same office is head ...

Published: Friday 07 October 1988
Newspaper: Knaresborough Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 99 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DARTMOOR MAN IS CAUGHT Police chase ends in marsh

... DARTMOOR MAN IS CAUGHT Police chase ends in marsh , Ralph Mason (29). who escaped Ifrom an outside working party near Dartmoor Prison. on June 6, was recaptured to-day at Walsall (Staffs). Mason. a trusty. was working' in the bachelor officers' quarters ...

Published: Saturday 14 June 1958
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 110 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WANTED NEWS

... to 2 GETAWAY CAR OUTSIDE DARTMOOR Devon police are making special ingttirles and extra precautions are being taken at Dartmoor Prison to-day after the overnight discovery of a car which it was assumed was planted ready for an attempted escape. The car ...

Published: Tuesday 14 October 1958
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 112 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

TRACKER DOGS IN DARTMOOR SEARCH

... concentrated on the moorland near Sourton Cross. five miles from Okehampton. in their hunt for two men who escaped from a Dartmoor Prison working party yesterday. - The men. Frank Bond (29).1 serving a life sentence for murder,l and Douglas Jackson (28). serving ...

Published: Tuesday 18 December 1956
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 96 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Wesley Guild

... by the Rev. Freeman. Y . A feature of the alterations is a creche and coffee bar for women visiting their husbands in Dartmoor Prison. ke ~ The pianist was Mrs. Letts and a vote of thanks was proposed by Mrs. English GREWELTHORPE Wesley Guild held a meeting ...

Published: Friday 24 February 1984
Newspaper: Ripon Gazette
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 116 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Dartmoor precautions and search

... Dartmoor precautions and search Special precautions were taken at I Dartmoor Prison. yesterday, after an ex-prisoner had said that some long-sentence men had planned to break out last night. The police got into touch with the prison authorities after ...

Published: Monday 16 September 1957
Newspaper: Halifax Evening Courier
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 110 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Warders lose appeal The Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday dismissed appeals by Leslie Walton Abbott (39). and ..

... The Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday dismissed appeals by Leslie Walton Abbott (39). and Stanley Alfred Clarry (34). Dartmoor Prison Officers, against their; conviction for conspiracy to effect the escape of a prisoner named Bond from Dartmoor. Abbott ...

Published: Tuesday 27 March 1956
Newspaper: Bradford Observer
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 125 | Page: 5 | Tags: none