Saltley Reformatory Inmates


William Shenton

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No. in Admissions Register: 599
Age: 12
Whence received: Stafford
Description:  
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Blue
Visage: -
Particular marks: -
State of health: -
Able-bodied? -
Date of admission and term: 15 April 1878 5 years
Late residence: Walsall
Parish he belongs to: Walsall
Customary work and mode of life: Slater
Whether illegitimate: -
State of education:  
Reads: Imperfectly
Writes: Imperfectly
Offence: Stealing tobacco
Circumstances which may have led to it: -
Date of sentence, by who and court: 15 March 1878, Bilston Petty Sessions, W H Rogers and L Loveridge
Where imprisoned: Birmingham Borough Prison
Sentence: 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals:  
Number: Two
Length: 10 days
For what: Stealing tobacco
Father's name: Henry Shenton
Occupation: Slater
Mother's name: -
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Not
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Honest, drunken, good health
Parents' wages: 20s per week
Amount parents agree to pay: 1s per week
Parents address: Walsall
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Person making this return: -

Notes:

1 November 1881 Licensed to Mr Goodall, White House Yard, Ivy Road, Worcester

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