William Davies - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 885 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 7 ins |
| Particular marks: | Small mole on chin |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Slender |
| Date of admission: | 23 June 1888 |
| Late residence: | Bank Streety, Brierley Hill |
| Parish he belongs to: | Brierley Hill |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing boots |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 4 June 1888; P H Foley and J W Webb; Brierley Hill Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 21 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 12 strokes |
| For what: | Stealing money |
| Father's name: | William Davies |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Matilda Davies |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | "Well treated" |
| Character of parents | Good as to honesty, sobriety, and health |
| Parents' wages: | 18s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s per week |
| Parents address: | Bank Street, Brierley Hill |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | John Woollaston, Superintendent of Police, Brierley Hill |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 18 December 1886 A previous offence was briefly reported in the Stourbridge, Brierley Hill, and County Express Saturday 18 December 1886 p.3 col.6: William Davies (13), Bank Street, Brierley Hill, was ordered to receive twelve strokes with the birch rod on a charge of stealing 2s. 6d., the money of William Alfred Johnson, general dealer, Broad Street, Bilston. | |
| 9 June 1888 There is a report of the crime in the Stourbridge, Brierley Hill, and County Express Saturday 9 June 1888 p.6 col.6: THEFT FROM A RAG AND BONE CART. - Thomas Rubery (15), Round Oak, and William Davies (14), Bank Street, were charged with stealing two pairs of boots, the property of Joseph Brownhill, rag and bone dealer, Dudley. - Complainant said he left his cart in Chapel Street while he visited some houses, and missed the boots when he returned. - William Cole said he saw the prisoners take the boots off the cart. - Felix Brown, shoemaker, Bank Street, said the prisoner Davies took a pair of boots to his house on the day in question, saying he had had them given to him. - Rubery was fined 10s., or seven days, and Davies was sent to prison for twenty one days, and afterwards to a reformatory until he is sixteen. | |
| 3 February 1891 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Davies was licensed to go out and work for Mr Purchase, Stourbridge, Worcestershire | |
| 22 June 1891 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| 12 December 1893 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Davies, Willenhall | |
| 3 February 1894 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Davies, Willenhall | |
| 12 June 1894 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Davies, Willenhall | |
| 12 February 1895 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Davies, Willenhall | |
| 9 August 1898 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Davies, Willenhall | |