Philip Teece - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 800 |
| Age: | About 15 [age given as 10 in the 1881 census] |
| Whence received: | - |
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| Date of admission: | 4 February 1886 |
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| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford [all detainees for crimes committed in Staffordshire were put in Stafford Gaol] |
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| Number: | 2 [see newspaper report below] |
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| For what: | Both for stealing pigeons |
| Father's name: | Philip Teece [surname given as Treece in the 1881 census; Teece in 1891 census] |
| Occupation: | Coal miner [in 1881 and 1891 censuses] |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Teece |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | No [both appear in 1881 and 1891 censuses |
| Survivor married again? | - |
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| Parents address: | 16 Chell Street, Bradley, nr Coseley, Staffordshire |
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| The page in the Admissions Register for Teece is missing. Wherever possible information has been obtained from a variety of sources | |
| 30 June 1885 A previous offence is reported in the Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 30 June 1885 p.8 col.3: WILLENHALL. STEALING PIGEONS. - At the Police Court, yesterday, Philip Teece (14), of Chell Street, Bradley, was committed to fourteen days' hard labour, for having on two separate occasions stolen. six pigeons, belonging to James Baker, of Daisy Bank, Bradley. This was the second offence of the same description committed by Teece. | |
| 5 April 1891 Family address is 26 George Street, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire. Philip the son is listed with an occupation of coal miner | |
| 30 September 1888 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Teece was licensed to go out and work for Mr Bryan, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire | |
| 13 November 1889 Discharged from Saltley by order of the Home Secretary. The Reformatory had asked for his early release owing to his excellent behaviour and good reports whilst out on licence | |
| 19 August 1890 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Teece, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire | |
| 10 February 1891 The Log book report records receipt of a letter from Teece, Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire | |
| 10 August 1891 The Log Book report records receipt of another letter from Teece, Hucknall Torkard | |
| 8 December 1896 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Teece, Hucknall Torkard | |
| 9 August 1898 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Teece, Hucknall Torkard | |
| 9 December 1902 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Teece, East Kirhby, Nottinghamshire | |