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George Hill - Saltley Reformatory Inmate

No. in Admissions Register: 579
Age: 11
Whence received: Walsall
Description:
Complexion: Fair
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Grey
Visage: -
Particular marks: -
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission and term: 8 June 1877 4 years
Late residence: Walsall
Parish he belongs to: Walsall
Customary work and mode of life: -
Whether illegitimate: -
State of education:
Reads: Imperfectly
Writes: Not at all
Offence: Stealing 13s 11d from a shop till
Circumstances which may have led to it: Bad company
Date of sentence, by who and court: 30 May 1877, Walsall Police Court, H Highway and F W Lambert
Where imprisoned: Walsall Borough Gaol
Sentence: 10 days prison, 4 years at Saltley
Previous committals:
Number: One
Length: 6 days and whipping
For what: Larceny
Father's name: Enoch Hill
Occupation: Labourer
Mother's name: -
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Not
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Good
Parents' wages:
Amount parents agree to pay: 1s per week
Parents address: Portland Street, Walsall
Superintendent of police (to collect payments):     -
Person making this return: -


Notes:

3 April 1881 G Hill writes to have his pass renewed
 
26 May 1881 A letter I wrote to him on 23rd today returned. I have again written to another address
 
7 June 1881 Letter from G Hill to say that he is employed at a forge and is living at 1 Shaw Leasow(?), Walsall