| No. in Admissions Register: | 377 |
| Date of admission: | 5 February 1868 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Perfect vision? | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | - |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | Not apparent |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 11 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Burton on Trent |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Schools attended: | Christ Church |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Attempting to pawn 2 coats belonging to his father |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 5 November 1867 |
| Where convicted: | Burton before C W Lyon and S F C Allsop |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 3 months prison, 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None |
| Father's name: | Peter Grimadell |
| Occupation: | Cooper at Bass Brewery |
| Residence: | Princes Street, Burton |
| Mother's name: | Eliza Grimadell |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and good health |
| Parents' wages: | About 26s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Mr B Oswell, Burton |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
[brother to Peter Grimadell, boy 460. To see his record click here ]
10 April 1867 There is a report of a previous offence in the Derby Mercury Wednesday 10 April 1867 p.6 col.3: Peter Grimadel [surname spelled thus], aged seven years, and William Grimadel, aged eleven years, were brought up charged with stealing, on the 28th ultimo, 5s. 6d. from the till of the shop occupied by Mr. George Broster, High-street. The younger prisoner went into the shop as soon as the prosecutor's daughter had gone into the house, and had it not been for Mr. Broster happening to look through the kitchen window, the young thieves would have escaped with their booty. The younger prisoner was caught just as he was leaving the counter. When searched by police-constable Evans, 5s. 6d. was found in his possession. The prisoner not only admitted this charge but confessed to having visited the prosecutor's shop on the day previous, when 15s. was missed. The Chairman addressed the prisoners' father. and advised him to take greater pains in teaching them honesty and good behaviour. The elder prisoner was ordered to be whipped by an officer in the presence of the younger.
9 November 1867 There is a report of the crime which sent him to Saltley in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 9 November 1867 p.7 col.3: A JUVENILE THIEF. - William Grimadell. a youth whose head scarcely reached over the dock, was charged with stealing two cloth coats from his father's house, at Burton, on the previous day. The mother missed the prisoner and the coats early on Monday afternoon, and at nine o'clock the same evening Detective Inspector Fern met the prisoner carrying the coats under his arm and trying to sell them in Tenant-street, Derby. This was the second charge of felony against the prisoner, and the magistrates ordered him to be sent to gaol for three mouths, and afterwards to Saltley Reformatory for three years.
12 March 1868 A few months later his father was summoned for non-payment of maintenance. This is reported in the Burton Chronicle Thursday 12 March 1868 p.4 col.4: THE REFORMATORY SCHOOLS ACT.-Peter Grimadell, a cooper in the employ of Messrs. Bass & Co., was summoned by Superintendent Oswell (at the instance of the Rev. Sydney Turner) to show cause why he should not contribute to the support of his son, William Grimadell, aged 12 years, who is now undergoing a period of confinement in the Saltley Reformatory. Mr. Oswell asked for an order of 2s. per week, to which the defendant assented.
2 January 1871 Licensed
5 February 1871 Discharged - expiration of term. Returned to parents
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