Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Edwin Jeremiah Shale

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No. in Admissions Register: 421
Age: 14
Whence received: Birmingham Borough Prison
Description:  
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Grey
Visage: -
Particular marks: Scar on stomach, mole on left arm
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission and term: 8 February 1870 5 years
Late residence: Bissell Street, Birmingham
Parish he belongs to: Birmingham
Customary work and mode of life: Brass caster
Whether illegitimate: -
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Offence: Stealing 20 lbs of iron
Circumstances which may have led to it: -
Date of sentence, by who and court: 9 December 1869, Birmingham Police Court, J Phillips and C Cope Esqs
Where imprisoned: Borough Prison
Sentence: 2 months prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals:
Number: 1
Length: 3 months
For what: Stealing 5s
Father's name: Edwin Smith
Occupation: Coach smith
Mother's name: Catherine
Occupation: -
Parents dead? -
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: -
Character of parents Honest and industrious, boy says drunken
Parents' wages: 10s per week
Amount parents agree to pay: Nothing
Parents address: Dymock Street, Birmingham
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): G Glossop
Person making this return: D Meadon

Notes:

8 March 1875 On board the Lion training ship, Devonport

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