George Gray - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 891 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Wakefield |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 8½ ins |
| Particular marks: | Burn scar back of left hand |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | |
| Late residence: | 18 court 2 house Edward Street, Sheffield |
| Parish he belongs to: | Sheffield |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Fish Hawker |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 5d from a shop till |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 28 August 1888; E M B Welby, Stipendiary; Sheffield Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Wakefield |
| Sentence: | 21 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | - |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | George Henry Gray |
| Occupation: | Fish hawker |
| Mother's name: | Phoebe Gray |
| Occupation: | Charwoman |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Says good |
| Character of parents | Not known |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not known |
| Parents address: | 18 court 2 house Edward Street, Sheffield |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | John Jackson, Chief Constable, Sheffield |
| Person making this return: | Governor, H M Prison Wakefield |
| Notes: | |
| 2 January 1892 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Gray was licensed to go out and work for Messers Atkinson, Sheffield | |
| 9 August 1892 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Gray, Sheffield | |
| 16 September 1893 Sentence expired whilst on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 1 September 1893 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Gray, Sheffield | |
| 12 June 1894 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Gray, Sheffield. In the same report, it is recorded that Gray had requested, although discharged from Saltley, assistance in emigrating to Canada, and that request had been granted and he left for that country[probably 9 June 1894]. | |