Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Thomas Braley

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No. in Admissions Register: 646
Age: 12
Whence received: -
Description:
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Brown
Visage: Round
Particular marks: Cut over left eyebrow
State of health: -
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission: 12 August 1880
Late residence: Longton
Parish he belongs to: Stoke on Trent
Customary work and mode of life: Potting
Whether illegitimate: No
State of education:
Reads: Imperfectly
Writes: Imperfectly
Offence: Stealing a key
Circumstances which may have led to it: Bad company
Date of sentence, by whom and court: 12 July 1880; G Bennison and A Edwards; Longton Court of Summary Jurisdiction
Where imprisoned: H M Prison Stafford
Sentence: 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals:
Number: None
Length: -
For what: -
Father's name: -
Occupation: -
Mother's name: Caroline Bradley
Occupation: Needlewoman
Parents dead? Father
Survivor married again? No
Parents' treatment of child: Indifferent
Character of parents Good
Parents' wages: Average 6s per week
Amount parents agree to pay: I cannot answer this question as she has a large family to keep
Parents address: Wharf Street, Longton
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): Superintendent McWilliams, Longton, Stoke on Trent
Person making this return: -

Notes:

17 July 1880 There is a brief report of the crime in the Staffordshire Sentinel and Commercial and General Advertiser Saturday 17 July 1880 p.6 col.2: An Incorrigible Boy. - Thomas Brearley [surname spelled thus], twelve, was charged with having stolen a door key from the house of Charles Hewy, baker, Sandford Hill, on the 8th inst. - Prisoner, a very bad lad, was sent to gaol for a month, and after sent to a reformatory for five years.

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