Edward Burgess - Saltley Reformatory Inmate

No. in Admissions Register: 678
Age: 12
Whence received: -
Description:
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Hazel
Visage: Long
Particular marks: Cut over right eyebrow
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission: 19 October 1881
Late residence: Coitny Place, Chester Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton
Parish he belongs to: Wolverhampton
Customary work and mode of life: Errand boy
Whether illegitimate: No
State of education:
Reads: Imperfectly
Writes: Imperfectly
Offence: Stealing money
Circumstances which may have led to it: Led away by bad companions
Date of sentence, by whom and court: 19 September 1881; S Loveridge and J Lees; Wolverhampton Court of Summary Jurisdiction
Where imprisoned: H M Prison Stafford
Sentence: 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals:
Number: None
Length: -
For what: -
Father's name: Joseph Burgess
Occupation: Coachman
Mother's name: Emma Burgess
Occupation: Monthly nurse
Parents dead? Neither
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Honest, sober, and health good
Parents' wages: 24s per week, mother £4 if the children work too
Amount parents agree to pay: About 1s 6d per week
Parents address: Joseph Burgess, Coitny Place, Chester Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton
Superintendent of police (to collect payments):       Chief Constable, Town Hall, Wolverhampton
Person making this return: R D D Hay, Chief Constable


Notes:

19 September 1881 There is a report of the crime in the Wolverhampton Express and Star Monday 19 September 1881 p.3 col.3: JUVENILE OFFENDERS. - Edward Burgess (12), who was brought up in custody on five separate charges, was charged with stealing a half-crown belonging to Ann Mason, Chester-street. - The prosecutrix stated that she was employed as domestic servant to the prisoner's father, and on Wednesday morning last she placed her purse, containing the half-a-crown, on a shelf in the kitchen, and the same evening the money was missed. - Detective-sergeant Day said the lad's father brought him to the station. and he there admitted that he had stolen the money. The father, in answer to the Bench, said his son formerly attended Brickkiln-street School, but had recently been guilty of all sorts of depredations. On two occasions, a short time ago, he stole two sums of 9s and 7s respectively. He had 11 children, and the prisoner was contaminating the other members of the family. - The Bench ordered the lad to be imprisoned at Stafford for one month, and afterwards to be sent to a reformatory for five years. - The other cases were not adjudicated upon.
 
29 October 1885 Licensed to live with and work (as page) for Captain Parkinson, Millbank House, Cadishead, near Manchester
 
1 June 1886 Absconded from his employer
 
6 August 1886 Recaptured and re-admitted today, having been harboured by his parents for one week
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