George Cossons - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1237 |
| Age: | 12 (born 16 December 1887) |
| Whence received: | York Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown mottled |
| Height: | 4 ft 5ΒΌ ins |
| Particular marks: | Brown birth mark left side of face, dot on back of right arm, scars right and left of right foot |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 5 July 1900 |
| Late residence: | 10 Whitby Terrave, Cemetery Road, York |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Schoolboy. Twice committed to a Truant Industrial School |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 2 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 2 |
| Offence: | Larceny |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Lack of parental control |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 28 June 1900; W Varey and L Foster; York Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 (29 October 1896) |
| Length: | First Offenders Act [properly, The Probation of First Offenders Act, 1887] |
| For what: | Larceny |
| Father's name: | William Cossons |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Mother's name: | Cossons, Jane |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 10 Whitby Terrace, Cemetery Road, York |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Chief Constable, York |
| Person making this return: | Sergeant Morse, York |
| Notes: | |
| 31 October 1896 A previous offence was reported in the Yorkshire Gazette Saturday 31 October 1896 p.6 col.6: SCHOOL BOYS IN TROUBLE. Fred Goodwin (9), James Bell (9), and George Cousins (8) [surname spelled thus], schoolboys, living in Whitby-terrace,. were charged with stealing a carriage watch, the property of Major Fortescue, and further with stealing three razors and a brush, the property of Frank McKenzie, from the Priory stables, Fishergate, on the 17th and 19th inst. The evidence showed that the articles named were missed by Major Fortescue's groom, and found in the possession of the boys. - They were ordered to be bound over with their parents to be of good behaviour. | |
| 27 June 1903 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Cossons was licensed to go out and work for Mr L Davis, Rock Cottage, Malvern | |
| 27 June 1905 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |