William Foulger - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 732 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Light grey |
| Visage: | Round |
| Particular marks: | Scar on stomach, chest, and back of neck |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 22 September 1883 |
| Late residence: | 3 court 3 house Legge Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | No employment |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Vagrancy, lodging in the open air |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Lost his boots, afraid to go home without them |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 10 September 1883; Stipendiary Magistrate; Birmingham Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 14 days hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 6 |
| Length: | Petty Sessions and discharged |
| For what: | Stealing pies; gambling, and sleeping out |
| Father's name: | Theodore Foulger |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No- |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Fairly good |
| Character of parents | Fairly good |
| Parents' wages: | About 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 3 court 3 house Legge Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent Wilcox, Moor Street, Birmingham |
| Person making this return: | Arthur Tinkler, Governor, H M Prison Birmingham |
| Notes: | |
| 18 November 1882 A previous offence was reported in the Birmingham and Aston Chronicle Thursday 18 November 1882 p.5 col.5: THE BIRCH ROD. - James McNamara (12), Buckingham-street, anti William Foulger (14) Hackett-street, were charged with stealing from the shop of Edward Clifford, confectioner, Aston-road, on the 9th. inst., four pork pies. - Mrs. Clifford, wife of the prosecutor said she saw the prisoners enter the shop on the day in question and leave with something. She ran after then. and on seeing that they were pursued prisoners threw the stolen property into the road. P.C. Rollason arrested the prisoners. McNamara had been four times previously convicted and was ordered to receive 12 strokes of the birch rod, and Foulger 6 strokes. | |
| 23 May 1883 Another offence was reported in the Birmingham Mail Wednesday 23 May 1883 p.3 col.4: MORE WINDOW SCRATCHES. COMMITTAL TO THE SESSIONS. At the Birmingham Police Court this morning, before Mr. Kynnersley, Thomas Jayes and William Foulger, two ragged little urchins of the street Arab type, were charged with wilfully damaging three plate glass windows on the promises of Mr. William Sadler, tailor, corner New Street and Stephenson Place. Mr. Sadler proved that the panes were uninjured last evening when the premises were closed, and this morning he found them scratched. He had had the amount of damage estimated, and it was stated of Messrs. Stock and Son, glass merchants, in Needless Alley, that to replace the windows after allowing for salvage would cost £l3. 16s. - Matthew Gibbs, a boy who said he sold Mails, spoke to seeing the two prisoners at the corner of Stephenson Place and New Street last night, shortly after eleven o'clock. Foulger went up to one of the windows and rubbed a stone across it. and then went to the others and did the same. then said "You do it; you are frightened." Jayes then drew a stone across a window, and "chucked" it across the horse road, because it would not scratch. He (witness) knew prisoners through them selling Mails. A little girl, named Dogherty, who also sold Mails, saw them do it, and she told two gentlemen - lnspector Skelding and another officer - and they were taken to the lock-up. - On the conclusion of Gibbs's evidence, the prisoners were asked if they had any questions to ask him, and Foulger said, "He (Jayes) 'ticed me to go on the 'doss,' and he scratched it with a stone that the steam roller crushes." - Jaycs (to Fouiger): " And you broke a lamp as well down the opening." - Mr. Kynnerslcy : What does he mean by "doss?" Inspector Hall (dock keeper) : He means sleeping out all night. - Mr. Kynnersley said as the damage was valued at more than £5. he would have to commit prisoners to the sessions. He should have liked to order them a sound whipping, but unfortunately the law did not allow him to deal summarily with them. He hoped the Recorder would give them the heaviest punishment he could. The windows scratched were 12 ft. 6 in. by 4ft.. and are very badly scratched, the stone - a broken jagged red granite pebble - having been drawn along them in a series of circles. The windows will have to be replaced. The case was referred to the Quarter Sessions, held in Birmingham in June, and from there were referred to a higher court (ptobably the Warwickshire Assizes). | |
| 4 May 1887 Medical officer reports: Acne eruption | |
| 9 June 1887 Formally discharged from Saltley, on account of emigrating to Canada, along with Lowe [boy 721] | |