Saltley Reformatory Inmates


George Simcox

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No. in Admissions Register: 182
Date of admission: 14 August 1860
Whence received: Stafford Gaol
By whom brought: -
On what terms: -
Friends interested in him: -
Description:  
Height: -
Figure: -
Complexion: Ruddy
Hair colour: Light brown
Eyes colour: Hazel
Perfect vision? Yes
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Sound intellect? Yes
Use of all limbs? Yes
Had cow or small pox? Cowpox
Particular marks: None
Cutaneous disorder? No
Scrofulous or consumptive? No
Subject to fits? No
Age last birthday: 11
Illegitimate? No
Birthday: -
Birth place: Wolstanton
Has resided: Kinneston(?) Heath
Parish to which he belongs: Wolstanton
Customary work and mode of life: Silk factory
Schools attended: -
By whom and where employed:  
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Cyphers: -
General ability: -
Offence: Feloniously stealing 1 box of gingerbread, value 5s
Circumstances which may have led to it: Associating with bad company and having no home
Date of sentence: 26 July 1860
Where convicted: Longton
Where imprisoned: Stafford Gaol
Sentence: 21 days prison, 4 years detention at Saltley
Previous committals and convictions: -
Father's name: Thomas Simcox
Occupation: Collier
Residence: Unknown
Mother's name: -
Occupation: -
Residence: -
Father's character: Drunkard – idle man
Mother's character: -
Parents dead? Mother
Survivor married again? No
Parents' treatment of child: Very bad since his mother's death
Character of parents The father has deserted his family
Parents' wages: Unknown
Amount parents agree to pay: -
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Relatives to communicate with: -
Person making this return: John Williams, Inspector of Police, [can't read], Newcastle, [can't read]
Estimate of character on admission: -
Character on discharge: -
When and how left the Reformatory: -

Notes:

 

 

30 January 1864 Sailed to Canada in the Peruvian to the service of Mr John Wade, Manor House Farm, Melbourne, Richmond Junction, Lower Canada

October 1864 Heard from him - doing well

November 1865 Heard of him from master - doing well

September 1866 Heard of him from master - doing well

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