George Boddington - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1127 |
| Age: | 12 (born 25 December 1883) |
| Whence received: | Aston Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Height: | 3 ft 11½ ins |
| Particular marks: | Burn mark right ankle, burn left side lower lip |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 13 March 1896 |
| Late residence: | 13 court 5 house Brearley Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil (has been in the habit of sleeping out and getting a living by carrying parcels, etc) |
| Whether illegitimate: | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 1 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 1 |
| Offence: | Vagrancy |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Parental neglect |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 13 March 1896; G Griffiths; Aston Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 1) (2 April 1894) 3 strokes; 2) (16 July 1896) 6 strokes |
| For what: | 1) Stealing a pair of slippers; 2) stealing a perambulator |
| Father's name: | Patrick Carney (step-father) |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Louisa Carney |
| Occupation: | Dressmaker |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Boy says that step-father was unkind to him |
| Character of parents | Fair |
| Parents' wages: | Not stated |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 1 court 1 house Brearley Street, Birmingham [slightly different from boy's address given above] |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | Joseph Rowlands, Magistrates' Clerk |
| Notes: | |
| 25 January 1901 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Boddington was licensed to go out and work for Messers Bainbridge and Co, Moland Street, Birmingham | |
| 12 March 1901 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 11 October 1904 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Boddington, Birmingham | |