William Gibbard - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 960 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Height: | 5 ft 1 in |
| Particular marks: | W back of left hand, scar right knee |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | March 1891 |
| Late residence: | New Street, West Bromwich |
| Parish he belongs to: | West Bromwich |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Labourer, Crook Hay Iron Works |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing 5 pigeons |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 2 March 1891; N C A Neville; West Bromwich |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 10 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 7 days |
| For what: | Stealing ducks |
| Father's name: | Charles Gibbard |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Gibbard |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | £1 per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d |
| Parents address: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 17 May 1894 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Gibbard was licensed to go out and work for S Foley, Hill Top, West Bromwich | |
| 5 October 1895 There is a memorandum from Stephen Arnold, the Superintendent of the Reformatory: Gibbard address: back 47 Bagnall Street, Golds Hill, West Bromwich. Working for: Mr McTye, Monway Iron Works, Wednesbury. F Edwards, H Company, 3rd Staffs Militia, Whittington Barracks. | |
| 10 March 1896 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 12 December 1899 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Gibbard, West Bromwich | |