Saltley Reformatory Inmates


William Allen

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No. in Admissions Register: 206
Date of admission: 12 March 1861
Whence received: Stafford Gaol
By whom brought: -
On what terms: -
Friends interested in him: -
Description:  
Height: -
Figure: -
Complexion: Dark
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Grey
Perfect vision? -
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Sound intellect? Yes
Use of all limbs? Yes
Had cow or small pox? Vaccinated
Particular marks: None
Cutaneous disorder? No
Scrofulous or consumptive? No
Subject to fits? No
Age last birthday: 12
Illegitimate? No
Birthday: -
Birth place: -
Has resided: Walsall Street, Wolverhampton
Parish he belongs to: Wolverhampton
Customary work and mode of life: Collier
Schools attended: -
By whom and where employed:  
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Cyphers: -
General ability: -
Offence: Stealing iron
Circumstances which may have led to it: Poverty, want of employment, and neglect of parents
Date of sentence: 25 February 1861
Where convicted: Bilston Police Court
Who prosecuted: W Partridge
Where imprisoned: -
Sentence: 14 days prison, 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals and convictions: stealing money (3 days and whipping)
Father's name: William Allen
Occupation: Collier
Residence: Walsall Street, Wolverhampton
Mother's name: Ann Allen
Occupation: -
Residence: -
Father's character: Drunken
Mother's character: -
Parents dead? -
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Well, but neglected him!!
Character of parents -
Parents' wages: 3s 6d per day
Amount parents agree to pay: Ought to pay 1s 6d per week
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): Captain Segram, Police Officer, Wolverhampton
Relatives to communicate with: -
Person making this return: J Collins Ward, Police Officer, Wolverhampton
Estimate of character on admission: -
Character on discharge: -
When and how left the Reformatory: -

Notes:

22 January 1865 Licensed to work for Mr Emery, Locksmith, St James Square, Wolverhampton

January 1866 Working at a forge - attends St Matthews Sunday School

20? May 1866 Called at the school

August 1867 Called at the school - a private at the 81st Regiment

October 1867 Wrote from Cork

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