Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Samuel Venables

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No. in Admissions Register: 480
Age: 10
Whence received: -
Description:  
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Grey
Visage: -
Particular marks: Scar near right eye
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission and term: 3 April 1873 5 years
Late residence: 9 Moseley Street, Birmingham
Parish he belongs to: Birmingham
Customary work and mode of life: None
Whether illegitimate: Not
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Offence: Stealing 1 lb tobacco
Circumstances which may have led to it: Not known
Date of sentence, by who and court: 21 March 1873, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley
Where imprisoned: Birmingham Borough Prison
Sentence: 14 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals:  
Number: One
Length: 3 days and whipped
For what: Stealing 4 brushes
Father's name: Edward Venables
Occupation: Spoon files
Mother's name: Jane Venables
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Neither
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Not known
Character of parents Not known
Parents' wages: 20s per week
Amount parents agree to pay: No sum mentioned
Parents address: 9 Moseley Street, Birmingham
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): G Glossop
Person making this return: -

Notes:

13 October 1877 Licensed to work at Williams Tube Works, Pershore Street, Birmingham. Lives 27 Moseley Street

9 February 1888 Evan Williams [boy 541] reports that Venables lives in Vaughton Street, is married, and has a family. He is a spoon maker, and is gaining an honest living, and is very respectable

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