Saltley Reformatory Inmates


William Harding

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No. in Admissions Register: 218
Date of admission: 17 May 1861
Whence received: Stafford Gaol
By whom brought: -
On what terms: -
Friends interested in him: -
Description: '
Height: -
Figure: -
Complexion: -
Hair colour: -
Eyes colour: -
Perfect vision? Yes
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Sound intellect?' Yes
Use of all limbs? Yes
Had cow or small pox? Smallpox
Particular marks: Pock-marked
Cutaneous disorder? -
Scrofulous or consumptive? Not apparent
Subject to fits? No
Age last birthday: 14
Illegitimate? No
Birthday: -
Birth place:' -
Has resided: Spring Bank, Willenhall
Parish he belongs to: Wolverhampton (supposed)
Customary work and mode of life: Collier
Schools attended: -
By whom and where employed: -
State of education:  
Reads: None
Writes: None
Cyphers: -
General ability: -
Offence: Vagrancy
Circumstances which may have led to it: Idleness
Date of sentence: 27 April 1861
Where convicted: Bilston Petty Sessopns
Who prosecuted: -
Where imprisoned: -
Sentence: 21 days prison, 2 years at Saltley
Previous committals and convictions: Larceny
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: -
Character of parents -
Parents' wages: -
Amount parents agree to pay: -
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Relatives to communicate with: -
Person making this return: J W Hall, Bilston
Estimate of character on admission: -
Character on discharge: -
When and how left the Reformatory: -

Notes:

16 April 1863 Emigrated to Canada

December 1865 D Jones [boy 217] says Harding is doing well in Toronto

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