Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Charles Bray

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No. in Admissions Register: 302
Date of admission: 13 June 1865
Whence received: Stafford
By whom brought: -
On what terms: -
Friends interested in him: -
Description:  
Height: -
Figure: -
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Light brown
Eyes colour: Grey
Perfect vision? Yes
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Sound intellect? Yes
Use of all limbs? Yes
Had cow or small pox? Both
Particular marks: Scar under left ear
Cutaneous disorder? Yes
Scrofulous or consumptive? No
Subject to fits? No
Age last birthday: 13
Illegitimate? -
Birthday: -
Birth place: -
Has resided: Nowhere
Parish he belongs to: Not known
Customary work and mode of life: Vagrant
Schools attended: -
By whom and where employed: -
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Cyphers: -
General ability: -
Offence: Stealing papers
Circumstances which may have led to it: Stepfather's bad training
Date of sentence: 29 May 1865
Where convicted: Leek before J Alsop, J Russell, T Carr
Who prosecuted: -
Where imprisoned: -
Sentence: 14 days, 4 years at Saltley
Previous committals and convictions: Not known
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: Stepfather, William Sinclair, trained the boy to thieve, led a wandering life, and has now disappeared
Character of parents Good
Parents' wages: -
Amount parents agree to pay: Nothing
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Relatives to communicate with: -
Person making this return: G Shaw, Leek
Estimate of character on admission: -
Character on discharge: -
When and how left the Reformatory: -

Notes:

22 July 1869 Emigrated to Canada

October 1869 Wrote saying he is doing well and is happy

October 1870 Wrote saying he is doing well

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