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THE IRISH INVINGIBLE CONVICTS

... THE IRISH INVINGIBLE CONVICTS. The Irish «' Invincible convicts &^ brought back from Dartmoor prison §t* probably be confined in an Ulster con A promise to this effect was recently 0,3 V Secretary in tho House of Commons i° bers. The Invincible* ...

Published: Friday 12 September 1884
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 49 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

CONVICT ESCAPES DRAG NET

... CONVICT ESCAPES DRAG NET SCORES of police were rushed to Dartmoor to-day after an escaped Manchester convict from Dartmoor prison ha d sliped the dragnet' which trapped his companion. As the dawn mist lifted a postman spotted the two men-25- year-old ...

Published: Friday 18 July 1947
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 75 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

THE CLAIMANT

... THE CLAIMANT. The visit of Mr. Guildford Onslow and friends to the claimant in Dartmoor Prison, which was to have taken place to-day, is postponed. Tbe reason is stated to that the ex-member for Guildford is expecting on the occasion his visit to ...

Published: Thursday 16 November 1876
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 77 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Last election: I. R. R. Robinson (C.) 26,800; E. A. Machin (Lab.) 14.190; M. H. Woodward (L.) 5.295 VOTERS GO ..

... horse and foot across moorland paths on Dartmoor to vote to-morrow in the Tavistock Division of Devon. Prisoners sent to Dartmoor Prison after the voters' list was compiled will be entitled to vote. Those in the prison the day before the new register was ...

Published: Wednesday 24 October 1951
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 97 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CONVICT WALKED INTO P

... CONVICT WALKED INTO P NINE hours after making for freedom while worl with a party of prisoners in a near Dartmoor Prison, James (alias George Swift), 31, was captured at Moreton to-day. Tired and hungry, he made resistance when he walked into the of a ...

Published: Tuesday 20 February 1940
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 76 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

VISIT TO THE CLAIMANT

... Lord Rivers and Mr. Guilford Onslow, by permission tiro Home Secretary, visited Thomas Castro, he officially called, at Dartmoor Prison yesterday. During the interview tho convict attempted to dwell upon the exceptional hardships of his treatment, but was ...

Published: Thursday 24 May 1877
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 87 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE CONVICT ORTON

... allegation that Orton had fallen down exhausted and been removed to the infirmary. The Claimant is still ordinary work Dartmoor Prison, and is likely remain there for the next seven years. His general health has been better since he was cured of the bolts ...

Published: Thursday 05 April 1877
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 95 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

200 hunting jail-breaker

... were drafted into the Widecombe area at dawn to-day after dogs picked up the scent of Ronald Butt, who escaped from Dartmoor Prison at dusk yesterday. Earlier 20-year-old farmer's daughter Sheila Norrith., of I Riddon Farm, between Postbridge and Widecombe ...

Published: Saturday 15 November 1958
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 99 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Frost and snow, say `met' men

... slight dimming of lights. There were no cuts. Two inches of snow fell at Princetown (Devon) to-day, and outdoor work at Dartmoor Prison was restricted. ...

Published: Monday 16 January 1950
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 105 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

REMUNERATIVE CONVICT LABOUR

... REMUNERATIVE CONVICT LABOUR. Tho annual sale of stock from Dartmoor Prison Farm having just taken place, has now beon ascertained that, deducting the cost convict labour, the li Itmen t has gained near oner thousand pounds as the result of last year's ...

Published: Friday 07 September 1877
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 97 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Thurston Hunt Intensified

... Hunt Intensified SEARCH for Stanley Hilton Thurston was intensified in Devon and Somerset to-day. Thurston escaped from Dartmoor prison on Tuesday morning. Village constables in districts which he would pass through if he hoped to reach the protection of ...

Published: Thursday 27 March 1941
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 104 | Page: 12 | Tags: none