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DARTMOOR PRISON

... DARTMOOR PRISON. The report of the directors of convict prisons has jus' 1 issued. The Governor of the Dartmoor Prison reports that on the Ist January, IS* 14, there were 71'- prisoners under his care, and that received ■ >1S during the year, This total ...

Published: Thursday 17 August 1865
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 390 | Page: 6 | Tags: News 

DARTMOOR PRISON TO BE USED

... DARTMOOR PRISON TO BE USED Dartmoor Prison is to be used for Borstal purposes owing to the large increase in the number of youths committed by the courts to Borstal institutions and the problem of accommodation. A Home Office statement says: “The recent ...

Published: Thursday 27 September 1945
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 361 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION AT DARTMOOR PRISON

... FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION AT DARTMOOR PRISON. A SHOCKING explosion occurred whilst blasting in connection with quarrying operations was in progress at Dartmoor Prison on Monday. A huntired convicts had been told off to blast, under the superintendence of l'rincipal ...

Published: Thursday 15 September 1887
Newspaper: Warwickshire Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 277 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE PROM DARTMOOR -PRISON

... ATTEMPTED ESCAPE PROM DARTMOOR - PRISON. Two eonvicts, nam;d — irl - k - e v en and Wilson, made an attempt to Dertmoor Prison, re. away. • thick mist hung over the moor during morning, and In the afternoon this had dem.- loped Into am alnioet penetrable ...

Published: Saturday 31 December 1887
Newspaper: Birmingham & Aston Chronicle
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 239 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

The main entrance to Dartmoor Prison

... The main entrance to Dartmoor Prison. chill, which devolved into pneumonia, and he was In a salons condition for some time. When Gasken escaped from Birmingham Prison in 1921 by means of a rope ladder, he took with him a snit of warder's clothes and several ...

Published: Thursday 17 November 1932
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 316 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM DARTMOOR PRISON

... ATTEMPTED ESCAPE FROM DARTMOOR PRISON. Two convicts, named Dickson and Wilson, made an attempt to escape from Dartmoor prison the other afternoon. A thick mist hung over the moor during the morning, and in the afternoon this had developed into an almost ...

Published: Thursday 29 December 1887
Newspaper: Warwickshire Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 235 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

LIFE IN DARTMOOR PRISON. A CRIMINAL'S STORY,

... LIFE IN DARTMOOR PRISON. A CRIMINAL'S STORY, WHliam O’Donovan (27), engineer, of Seven Dials, who was convicted at the London .Session©, yesterday, on indictment charging him with being an habitual criminal, gave the court the following description of ...

Published: Tuesday 20 September 1910
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 324 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Company director just glides into Dartmoor Prison

... Company director just glides into Dartmoor Prison Mr. Frank Pozerskis, a 41-year-old company director, of Kettering Road, Isham, Northants, crash-landed a glider inside the walls of Dartmoor Prison. his attempt to flying 300 kilo- ...

Published: Thursday 25 April 1968
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 34 | Page: 38 | Tags: none

Company director just glides into Dartmoor Prison

... Company director just glides into Dartmoor Prison Mr. Frank Pozerskis, a 41-year-old company director, of Kettering Road, Isham, Northants, crash-landed a glider inside the walls of Dartmoor Prison. This was the latest mishap in his attempt to win the ...

Published: Thursday 25 April 1968
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 677 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

Company director just glides into Dartmoor Prison

... Company director just glides into Dartmoor Prison Mr. Frank Pozerakis, .a 41 -year-old company director, of Kettering Road, Isham, Northants, crash-landed a glider inside the walls of Dartmoor Prison. This was the latest mishap in his attempt to win the ...

Published: Thursday 25 April 1968
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Post
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 641 | Page: 33 | Tags: none