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Richard Davies - Saltley Reformatory Inmate

No. in Admissions Register: 1106
Age: 14 (born 13 July 1881)
Whence received: Wolverhampton County Petty Sessions
Description:  
Complexion: Dark
Hair colour: Dark
Eyes colour: Light blue
Height: 4 ft 7ΒΌ ins
Particular marks: 3 vacc. marks left arm
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission: 4 November 1895
Late residence: Wombourne Common
Parish he belongs to: Seisdon
Customary work and mode of life: Nil - has always been a naughty, wilful boy, and guilty of petty pilfering
Whether illegitimate: Yes
State of education:  
Reads: Very imperfectly
Writes: Very imperfectly
Offence: Stealing a purse and 1s
Circumstances which may have led to it: A stupid heavy looking lad with an abnormally large head
Date of sentence, by whom and court: 4 November 1895; C F Clarke and F Beachley; Wolverhampton County Petty Sessions
Where imprisoned: Not
Sentence: 3 years at Saltley
Previous committals:  
Number: 1 (21 August 1895)
Length: -
For what: Stealing a watch
Father's name: (reputed) George Brooks
Occupation: -
Mother's name: Mary Ann Davies
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Neither
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Reported good
Parents' wages: Not given
Amount parents agree to pay: Not assessed
Parents address: Wombourne Common
Superintendent of police (to collect payments):          -
Person making this return: E B Thorneycroft, Justices' Clerk
   
Notes:
   
3 November 1898 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley