... l in fact. had a credit balance. The meeting also heard that another invitation to visit the Prison Officers' Club at Dartmoor prison was expected for April and would be accepted. Other social activities were well In hand. Officers elected were: President ...

... THREE men were due to make a court appearance at Tavistock to-day following discovery of an intruder in the grounds of Dartmoor Prison at 4.45 am. Two men were seen to drive off in a car. A Plympton police spokesman said that ropes, scaffolding, a sledgehammer ...

... Moor men hunt: THOUGH the cost of the hunt for the live men who escaped from Dartmoor Prison may be more than the customary a day for such operations. this amount is not additional to normal police costs. EmPbosisiat this today. She Devoe County information ...

... Susi sex to Essex were today continuing the search for William Fowler, the scarred and tattooed prisoner w* escaped from Dartmoor Prison on May 14 - The bu been concentrated on Essex d a ring the last few days tot lowtng reports that a man of his description ...

... Chemist* and locally from Fredfrici March, 34, Fleet St., and 90. Bclgravo Road, Torqoay. Another Attempted Escape from Dartmoor Prison. Another unsuccessful attempt to escape was made on Monday by convict at Prince town. A party were engaged in the afternoon ...

... last Thursday. One was a noted detective 44ficer and the other. the Chief Constable of Devon who is a former Governor of Dartmoor prison. Major Morris's view is that it is a misfortune for erring that —people with cinistructive had not Tarn ava, it all un ...

... CELL BARS CUT Four convicts made concerted attempt oreak loose their cells at Dartmoor Prison early yesterday morning. Two were detected before they could get out their cells. The other two, Reginald Mead, 3*2, and Albert Alfred Beard, 38, got away but ...

... Answering question, Mr. Brooke said there was no hope of introducing legislation whereby the cost of searching for escaped Dartmoor prisoners would be borne by the Government. He pointed out that 50 per cent. of police expenditure was already borne by the Home ...

... STARTED IN Dartmoor Prison, originally intended for habitation by prisoners of war, had its foundation - stone laid in March, 1808. It was completed and received its first batch of 2,500 French prisoners of war in May, 1809, having cost about £70,000 ...

... `BICKERED' OVER CLOTH IMPORTS NEW MOOR GAOL 'A_ MISTAKE' COMMENTING to-day on a report that a new Dartmoor Prison is likely to be built near the present one, Lady Sylvia Sayer said It would be a terrible mistaka. Told that Ministry of Works surveyors ...

... THERE is a shortage of suitable men to become prison visitors at the prison, the Governor of Dartmoor Prison (Mr. D. Malone) told a meeting of the Dartmoor Prison Association of Prison Visitors, at the Rock Hotel, Yelverton. Mr. Malone, said that the best ...

... DARTMOOR GOVERNOR TALKS OF ESCAPES WITH more than 200 prisoners running around outside the walls of Dartmoor Prison, almost at liberty nearly every day, what was astonishing about the escapes from the gaol was not that there were so many, but that there ...