George Gould - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1133 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Staffordshire Quarter Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Sandy |
| Eyes colour: | Mottled |
| Height: | 5 ft 0 ins |
| Particular marks: | 9 dots left forearm; cross and ring of dots left arm |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 21 April 1896 |
| Late residence: | 195 Farm Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 1 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 1 |
| Offence: | House breaking |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | A vicious lad |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 7 April 1896; Lord Hatherton; Staffordshire Quarter Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 3 |
| Length: | Whipped in all cases |
| For what: | 1) Larceny (Birmingham Petty Sessions); 2) house breaking (Aston Petty Sessions); 3) house breaking (Hednesford Petty Sessions) |
| Father's name: | George Gould |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Fanny Gould |
| Occupation: | Button cutter |
| Parents dead? | Neither, as far as known (father not heard of for 10 years past) |
| Survivor married again? | |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Mother good |
| Parents' wages: | − |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | Mother care of Mrs Greatham, Lime Grove, Arthur Street, [can't read word], Nechells Park Road, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | |
| Person making this return: | Matthew F Blakiston, Clerk of the Peace |
| Notes: | |
| 28 February 1896 A previous offence was reported in the Birmingham Mail Friday 28 February 1896 p.2 col.3: BOY BURGLARS IN BIRMINGHAM. At Birmingham Police Court today, before Messrs. W. N. Fisher and F. Wright, George Gould (13), Hospital Street; John Haven (12), 9, Wheeler Street; Wm. Chandler (13), Hospital Street; and John George Busst (15), filer, Lower Tower Street, were charged with breaking into the dwelling-house of Edward Parker, of 17, Miller Street, on the 25th inst., and stealing a silver watch and chain, and four rings, valued at £10; with breaking into the house of Lucy Harper, 57, Elkington Street, on February 24, and stealing a pair of boots, two silver thimbles, and a gold ring, valued at 25s. Prisoners were arrested by Detectives Bristol! end Davis, and admitted having committed the burglaries. Gould said that he had sold one of the rings to a man for £7., but this was not found to be true. - Sergeant Bristol! asked for a remand to enable the stolen articles to be recovered. - The Bench granted a remand for a week. | |
| 1 April 1896 The crime that sent him to Saltley was reported briefly in the Birmingham Mail Wednesday 1 April 1896 p.2 col.4: At Rugeley yesterday. Albert Reeves, George Gould, John Haven, and John Busst hailing from Birmingham, were charged with breaking into a dwelling house at Longden and stealing £3. and a silver watch, the property of Henry Warner, and 2s. 5d. and a silk handkerchief, the property of Charles Clarke, A police-constable chased prisoners on his bicycle. Gould put the three sovereigns in his stocking. Prisoners admitted the offence, Reeves endeavouring to lay the blame upon the others. - They were all committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions. | |
| 21 February 1898 The Medical Officer reported: Bad toe | |
| 20 April 1899 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| 11 February 1902 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Gould, Malta | |