William Griffiths (2) - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 388 |
| Date of admission: | 2 December 1868 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | Scars on left knee |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 13 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing a watch |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence: | 19 November 1868 |
| Where convicted: | Moor Street before T C S Kynnersley |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | One |
| Father's name: | John Griffiths |
| Occupation: | Filer |
| Residence: | back of Partridge's shop, Cheapside, Birmingham |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Griffiths |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good as far as known |
| Character of parents | Father works for Westley Richards – the house is untidy and the man and woman seem bad managers |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s per week |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | T C S Kynnersley |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
Notes:
| 21 November 1868 There is a brief report of the crime in Aris's Birmingham Gazette Saturday 21 November 1868 p.8 col.3: A DISHONEST SON.- William Griffiths (13), Cheapside, a tinplate worker, was charged with stealing a watch and chain, the property of his father, John Griffiths, a gun maker. -The prisoner, who had been previously convicted, was committed to prison for fourteen days, at the expiration of which he is to be kept in a reformatory for five years. |