Moses Ryles- Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 958 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Black |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 6ΒΌ ins |
| Particular marks: | Short cut mark near outer angle of left eye |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 13 November 1890 |
| Late residence: | 30 Albert Street, Longton |
| Parish he belongs to: | Longton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Running moulds at a pottery |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Well |
| Writes: | Well |
| Offence: | Stealing a pair of boots from a shop |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Boy seems to have gone wrong in spite of his parents who have apparently done their duty by him and tried to train him to become a respected man |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 14 October 1890; T F Twemlow; Stafford General Quarter Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 (4 January 1889 Longton Petty Sessions; 11 March 1889) |
| Length: | 1) 5 strokes; 2) 6 months hard labour Quarter Sessions |
| For what: | 1) Stealing coal; 2) housebreaking |
| Father's name: | Edwin Ryles |
| Occupation: | Engine driver |
| Mother's name: | Martha Ryles |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | As far as can be ascertained, parents appear to have done their duty by this boy |
| Character of parents | Reported good in each case |
| Parents' wages: | Father 24s per week when in wok. At present he is out of employment |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not reported |
| Parents address: | 3 Albert Street, Longton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 18 October 1890 There was the briefest mention of the crime in the Staffordshire Chronicle Saturday 18 October 1890 p.6 col.1: Moses Riles (14), and Lewis Thorley (14) for stealing, on September 19, a pair of boots, value 2s. 11d., the property of John James Palfreyman, one month's hard labour each, and five years detention in a reformatory. | |
| 29 January 1894 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Ryles was licensed to go out and work for Mr Bunting, Staveley, Derbyshire | |
| 12 November 1895 Sentence expired whilst on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 11 August 1896 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Ryles, Bolsover, Derbyshire | |
| 9 February 1897 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Ryles, Mansfield. (Trying to get a situation in a coal pit. Refers to one at Bolsover Church) | |
| 27 April 1898 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Ryles, Mansfield | |
| 14 June 1898 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Ryles, Mansfield | |