George Simcox - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 182 |
| Date of admission: | 14 August 1860 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Ruddy |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| 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: | None |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 11 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | Wolstanton |
| Has resided: | Kinneston(?) Heath |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Wolstanton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Silk factory |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Feloniously stealing 1 box of gingerbread, value 5s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Associating with bad company and having no home |
| Date of sentence: | 26 July 1860 |
| Where convicted: | Longton |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford Gaol |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison, 4 years detention at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | - |
| Father's name: | Thomas Simcox |
| Occupation: | Collier |
| Residence: | Unknown |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | Drunkard – idle man |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Very bad since his mother's death |
| Character of parents | The father has deserted his family |
| Parents' wages: | Unknown |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | John Williams, Inspector of Police, [can't read], Newcastle, [can't read] |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | 30 Jan 1864 - emigrated to Canada |
Notes:
| 30 January 1864 Sailed to Canada in the Peruvian to the service of Mr John Wade, Manor House Farm, Melbourne, Richmond Junction, Lower Canada |
| October 1864 Heard from him - doing well |
| November 1865 Heard of him from master - doing well |
| September 1866 Heard of him from master - doing well |