Saltley Reformatory Inmates


James Smith

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No. in Admissions Register: 283
Date of admission: 15 October 1864
Whence received: Birmingham Gaol
By whom brought: -
On what terms: -
Friends interested in him: -
Description:  
Height: -
Figure: -
Complexion: Fair
Hair colour: Dark brown
Eyes colour: Brown
Perfect vision? Yes
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Sound intellect? Yes
Use of all limbs? Yes
Had cow or small pox? Cowpox
Particular marks: Birthmark on right hip
Cutaneous disorder? Not
Scrofulous or consumptive? No
Subject to fits? No
Age last birthday: 12
Illegitimate? No
Birthday: -
Birth place: -
Has resided: 5 court Ruston Street, Birmingham
Parish he belongs to: Birmingham
Customary work and mode of life: Filer
Schools attended: -
By whom and where employed: -
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Cyphers: -
General ability: -
Offence: Garden robbing
Circumstances which may have led to it: Bad company
Date of sentence: 26 September 1864
Where convicted: Moor Street before T Lane and G Dixon
Who prosecuted: -
Where imprisoned: -
Sentence: 21 days hard labour, 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals and convictions: None
Father's name: -
Occupation: -
Residence: -
Mother's name: Matilda Smith
Occupation: None
Residence: 5 court Ruston Street, Birmingham
Father's character: -
Mother's character: -
Parents dead? Father
Survivor married again? No
Parents' treatment of child: Good by mother
Character of parents Honest and sober but in bad health
Parents' wages: Has parish relief
Amount parents agree to pay: Nothing
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Relatives to communicate with: -
Person making this return: T C S Kynnersley
Estimate of character on admission: -
Character on discharge: -
When and how left the Reformatory: -

Notes:

14 October 1869 Discharged

December 1870 In Birmingham. Doubtful [character]

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