| No. in Admissions Register: | 175 |
| Date of admission: | 9 July 1860 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | - |
| Hair colour: | - |
| Eyes colour: | - |
| Perfect vision? | - |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Sound intellect? | - |
| Use of all limbs? | - |
| Had cow or small pox? | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| Cutaneous disorder? | - |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | - |
| Subject to fits? | - |
| Age last birthday: | 15 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Bird's Buildings, Horsley Fields, Wolverhampton |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Wolverhampton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Tin trade and at a forge |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Well |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing a jacket from a shop door |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence: | 18 June 1860 |
| Where convicted: | Wolverhampton Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison, 4 years detention at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Stealing trousers, etc, from Bilston (2 months in prison) |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Both |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | Lived with his cousin Stephen McAvoy for the last 6 years; left them more than 16 months and has done no work since |
| Person making this return: | John Owen, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
20 June 1860 There is a very brief report of the crime in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser, Wednesday 20 June 1860, p.4, col.6: ROBBERY FROM A SHOP DOOR..- Martin M'Evoy [boy 175, surname spelled thus], Patrick Moran [boy 176], and Thomas Tunny [boy 177], three well-known young thieves, were convicted at the Borough Police Court, on Monday last, of stealing a coat from the shop door of William Henry Laxton, clothier, Darlington-street, and sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment each, to be afterwards sent for four years to a reformatory.
11 January 1862 Absconded
18 January 1862 Apprehended at Oswestry with 171 [Thomas Coope] and 196 [Michael Darkin]
10 March 1862 Absconded with 5 others
20 March 1862 Brought back from Wolverhampton
27 May 1864 letter attached: Wolverhampton, Dear Sir, McAvoy having called on me from your establishment in search of employment. I am willing to give him a trial with your permission. Yours, John Marshall, Bootmaker, 12 Fryer Street, Wolverhampton
28 May 1864 Licensed to work for Mr J Marshall, shoemakers, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton
1 July 1856 letter attached: Wolverhampton. Sir, this is to certify that Martin McAvoy has been all that I could wish. As far as his conduct is concerned, should he keep out of bad company and attend to the faith and instruction he has learned at your noble institution, I shall keep him in my service till he can provide for himself. If he strays from this line of conduct I shall be bound to part with him at a moment's notice. Yours respectfully, John Marshall, 12 Fryer Street, Wolverhampton."
January 1865 In Liverpool at a grocer's
January 1866? In Liverpool at a grocer's, doing well
October 1866 In Liverpool at a grocer's, doing well
| ← Prev | Next → |
|---|
This web page © 2020 Fred Miller