| No. in Admissions Register: | 573 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | - |
| Hair colour: | - |
| Eyes colour: | - |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 29 January 1877 5 years |
| Late residence: | Bilston |
| Parish he belongs to: | Bilston |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Tube works |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Attempt to steal money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 29 December 1876, Bilston Petty Sessions, T F Perry and W Hatton |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Jonathan Westwood |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d per week |
| Parents address: | St James Street, Wolverhampton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
30 December 1876 There is a brief report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Saturday 30 December 1876 p.8 col.5: JUVENILE ROBBERS. - At the Police Court, yesterday, George Westwood, of St. James Street, and William Aston, of Steelhouse Lane,. in the same town, were sentenced each to one month's imprisonment, and then to five years' confinement in a reformatory, for having, on Thursday, entered the shop, in Oxford Street, of Mrs. Baker, with intent to rob the till. Westwood was found behind the counter and Aston in the doorway.
2 May 1881 Letter received in which Westwood says he is doing very well, likes the country very much and has had an increase in his wage. His address is Box 593, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sent his photograph
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