... reason for his indisposition by stating that he was shot in the th;igh while attempting, with two others, to escape ifront Dartmoor Prison -while undergoing a previous isentence. The prison authorities at once instituted inquiries, which left no doubt that ...

... Peters. of the county constabulary, deposed -I went to Dartmoor Prison on the 24th of March, and charged the prisoner with murder. Ho never spoke. I then, along'with the principal warder of Dartmoor prison and another, and brought him to Wigan. On the way ...

... the body of William Carter, aged 22, the convict who was shot dead -while endea-ouring to escape with two others from Dartmoor Prison on Christmas Eve. Deceased was convicted at the Central Criminal Court, London, last February. for stealing fromn the ...

... period to be once well flogged. AN EscAPED ColvTIC.-John . Cotton pleaded lguilty to a charg of feloniously escapinig iron Dartmoor prison, and being at large before the I expiration of a, period of transportation to which head been ?? Srom inquiries made by ...

... to be 8 once well flogged. e As EsCAPsD CONVICT.-John Cotton pleaded f guilty to a charge of feloniously escaping trom Dartmoor prison, and being, at large before the 0 expiration of a period of transportation to which 5 he had been ?? appeared from inquiries ...