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A PASSENGER TRAVELLING AS BAGGAGE

... A PASSENGER TRAVELLING AS BAGGAGE. a tew ago convicts were marched to work somo distance from Dartmoor prison, under the charge of a warder. One of tho convicts suddenly threw several stones, one of which struck tho warder behind the ear, rendering him ...

Published: Saturday 05 July 1884
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 188 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

A PRISON OFFICIAL AND THE CONVICT

... Huddleston, Thomas Jones was sentenced to 15 years' punal servitude for assault with intent to kill John Staddon, a warder at Dartmoor Prison, on the 9th of January last. During the hearing of the case prisoner complained that had been ill-used when locked in ...

Published: Monday 23 April 1883
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 211 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FATAL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT DARTMOOR

... FATAL GUNPOWDER EXPLOSION AT DARTMOOR. A shocking explosion occurred during some quarryin operations Dartmoor Prison on Monday. A hundred convicts had beon told off to blast, under the superintendence of Principal Warder Mooro and Mr. Bodiner, Recond ...

Published: Saturday 17 September 1887
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 193 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

Alr. Guildford Onslow and Claimant —In addition to tho short statoment which has appeared of the recent visit ..

... given an account of the interview, in which he says that, in eonsequence of the uniform good Sir Roger Tiohborne in Dartmoor Prison, ho been promoted to a higher clase, which enables him to enjoy the privilege of seeing his friends once three months ...

Published: Saturday 22 September 1877
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 283 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Another great fall of cliff took place near St. Margaret's, Dover, yesterday after noon a place known Bock Hill ..

... but it was extinguished by spray water from a leaden which was melted by the heat. While convicts were being marched to Dartmoor prison quarry, yesterday, one jumped out of the ranks and ran off in the direction of the fields. But he ran practically into ...

Published: Wednesday 31 January 1906
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 286 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

ANOTHER PRISONER ATTEMPTS TO GET AWAY

... CONVICTS. SILVESTER STILL AT LARGE. A Tavistock correspondent telegraphs: Walter Silvester, one of the men who escaped from Dartmoor Prison on Thursday, is still at large. A bouse at Walkhampton, near Ilorrabridge. occupied Mr. Richard Toop, is reported to have ...

Published: Monday 17 June 1901
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 296 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Additional Commercial Information will >e found on tha sixth page Death of Captain Knott. Yesterday morning Mr. ..

... letter asking for a portrait of the Claimant, for purposes of identification, Mr. de Morgan has received the following :— Dartmoor Prison, am in receipt of your application for a portrait of convict 1,139, Thomas Castro, and beg to inform you that I (annot ...

Published: Tuesday 15 May 1877
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 323 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

A CLEVER CONVICT'S SUCCESSFUL RUSE

... appended . reentry published of the eommissionersfor into the working ' tbePenal Servitude Acts. Captain Harris, governor Dartmoor Prison, stated his examination before commissioners that he had formerly had charge of a convict named Henry Phillips. This man ...

Published: Saturday 20 September 1879
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 325 | Page: 11 | Tags: none

ESCAPE FROM DARTMOOR

... age, who serving a term of three years for burglary at Manchester, being a native of the city, succeeded escaping from Dartmoor prison. Wilson was engaged with several other convicts in re-paving the footpath outside the chaplain's house, when he suddenly ...

Published: Saturday 31 October 1908
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 311 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A. CLEVER CONVICT'S SUCCESSFUL RUSE

... published report of tho commissioners for inquiring into the working of the Penal Servitude Acts. Captain Harris, governor of Dartmoor Prison, stated in his examination before the commissioners that he had formerly had charge of a convict named Henry Phillips ...

Published: Tuesday 16 September 1879
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 341 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

REMARKABLE CAREER OF CRIME

... December 10, when was sentenced to four years' penal servitude and threo years' police supervision. was only discharged from Dartmoor prison on March 19 this year. ' his time prisoner has knocked abont from place place '; under the aliases George Duffy, Waa ...

Published: Friday 29 March 1895
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 326 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

TICHBORNE DEMONSTRATION IN MANCHESTER

... letter ask ing for a portrait of the Claimant, for purposes of identification, Mr. Morgan has received the following :— Dartmoor Prison,— in receipt of your application for a portrait of convict 1,1.>&, Thomas Castro, and beg to inform yon that I cannot ...

Published: Saturday 19 May 1877
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 344 | Page: 10 | Tags: none