Saltley Reformatory Inmates


George Brookes

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No. in Admissions Register: 516
Age: 14
Whence received: Birmingham Borough Prison
Description:
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Dark brown
Eyes colour: Grey
Visage: -
Particular marks: Scar on forehead
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission and term: 29 July 1874 5 years
Late residence: 34 court 3 house Lower Tower Street, Birmingham
Parish he belongs to: Birmingham
Customary work and mode of life: Filing pearl buttons
Whether illegitimate: No
State of education:
Reads: Imperfectly
Writes: Imperfectly
Offence: Stealing 10 lbs of iron
Circumstances which may have led to it: Not known
Date of sentence, by who and court: 9 July 1874, Moor Street Police Court, T C S Kynnersley
Where imprisoned: Borough Prison, Birmingham
Sentence: 21 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals:
Number: One
Length: 7 days
For what: Sleeping out
Father's name: James Brookes
Occupation: Pearl button bottomer
Mother's name: Harriet Brookes
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Neither
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Kind
Character of parents Father drunken; mother steady and industrious
Parents' wages: Father 26s per week
Amount parents agree to pay: Not stated
Parents address: 34 court 3 house Lower Tower Street, Birmingham
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Person making this return: -

Notes:

12 January 1881 Heard of doing well. Working for Mr Harper, High Street, West Bromwich. Father lives 87 Hatchett Street, Birmingham

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