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ESCAPE OF TWO CONVICTS

... TWO CONVICTS. DARING DASH FROM DARTMOOR. Yesterday afternoon another dash for liberty was made by two convicts from the Dartmoor Prison, Princetown. The men were engaged the blacksmith's shop inside the prison walls, and between three and tour'o'clock they ...

Published: Friday 14 June 1901
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 184 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

VISIT TO THE CLAIMANT

... VISIT TO THE CLAIMANT. Mr. Guildford Onslowgives the following account of the visit to Dartmoor prison on Wednesday last: —Lord Rivera and myself arrived at Prince's Town about three o'clock, and found ourselves very shortly afterwards in the presence ...

Published: Wednesday 30 May 1877
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 187 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SEVERE JUDICIAL REPROOF OF A PRISON OFFICIAL

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

Published: Saturday 21 April 1883
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 200 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

STILL THE SAME

... Kenneth Thompson (C., Walton) declared that a recent figure showed 4.500 men were living and sleeping three in a cell. Dartmoor prison was one of the blackest blemishes on the beautiful landscape of England and should be pulled down, said Mr. Victor Yates ...

Published: Friday 05 February 1954
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 237 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

RIOTOUS KENEALY MEETING AT SUNDERLAND

... Hall, Sunderland. He said his object in coming to the North was twofold. First, to convince the peoplo that the man in Dartmoor Prison was Sir Rogor, and second, to give his opinion to the best way of getting him out. As he proceeded, the ironical applause ...

Published: Tuesday 12 October 1875
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 211 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Empty car starts jail

... born last Thursday, and weighed in at 711 b. break scare UNATTENDED, a car was found in a street at Princetown, close to Dartmoor Prison, during the night. Its doors were unlocked, a key was in the ignition, and it contained two complete changes of clothing ...

Published: Tuesday 14 October 1958
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 365 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

Dartmoor man's plea

... Dartmoor man's plea 111ANCHESTER-BORN George Frederick Jackson. aged 31, who escaped for a day from Dartmoor Prison, to-day pleaded to be kept in protective custody or sent to another jail. lie pleaded guilty at Tavistoek to breaking and entering a house ...

Published: Friday 23 December 1955
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 207 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

LATEST NEWS

... Telegrams.) THE CLAIMANT INTERVIEWED. It has transpired to-day that yesterday afternoon the Claimant was Interviewed at Dartmoor Prison by Mr Guildford Onslow, Mr. Sheriff East, and Mr. Howorth. They report that the convict was looking well The visir was ...

Published: Saturday 15 September 1877
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 216 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

“Do Themselves Well”

... Escaped Convict Discards Uniform GOOD CONDUCT con- sergeant's uniform in which he night at a Plymouth house. A vict at Dartmoor prison, was masquerading, for a sports . , , Neil Grayspn, aged 40. who coat and flannel trousers. He is brown sports coat, grey ...

Published: Monday 19 June 1944
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 195 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MORE TICHBORNE CLAIMANTS

... there is not to be found at the present moment a veritable Sir Roger Tichborne. As to the original old Claimant in Dartmoor Prison, his nose appears to be put thoroughly out of joint his new rivals. And, what is still more distressing, duplicates of ...

Published: Saturday 01 October 1881
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 257 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

THE MUTINY AMONG CONVICTS

... MUTINY AMONG CONVICTS. The latest information of the rising on Friday afternoon among a gang of convicts belonging to Dartmoor Prison, Prinoetown, is to the following effect: —A principal warder, named Westlake, visiting gang of prisoners at work in the ...

Published: Monday 15 November 1880
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 264 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

Lancashire Bullies

... Gangs BULLIES from London and Liverpool were blamed today for the recent troub the situation is again no on Monday. 'e in Dartmoor Prison, where il after the standstill strike An ex-convict, an Edinburgh man, who has been discharged after three and a half ...

Published: Friday 01 August 1941
Newspaper: Manchester Evening News
County: Lancashire, England
Type: | Words: 248 | Page: 2 | Tags: none