Henry Trott - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1062 |
| Age: | 13 (born 3 August 1880) |
| Whence received: | Cardiff Police Station |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Dark brown |
| Height: | 4 ft 9¾ ins |
| Particular marks: | 4 scars on head, dotted with mole marks over body |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 13 March 1894 |
| Late residence: | 59 Nora Street, Cardiff |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Well |
| Writes: | Well |
| Offence: | Stealing a quantity of tobacco |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Deserted by father as a bad boy - "can do nothing with him," Known by police to be a ringleader of a gang of boy thieves |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 12 March 1894; Charles Evans; Cardiff Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Nil |
| Sentence: | 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 1 day and 12 strokes |
| For what: | Stealing from a shop |
| Father's name: | Joseph Trott |
| Occupation: | Beer seller |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | Not stated |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not yet assessed |
| Parents address: | 59 Nora Street, Cardiff |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Chief Constable, Cardiff |
| Person making this return: | D Reid, Clerk to the Justices, Cardiff |
| Notes: | |
| 12 March 1894 The crime was reported in the South Wales Echo Monday 12 March 1894 p.2 col.8: THE "FRAGRANT WEED." Raid on a Tobaccanist's Shop. At the Cardiff Police-court this afternoon four boys - named John Harford (10), Henry Trott (13), James Stone (13), and David Williams (13) respectively - were charged with stealing a quantity of tobacco and cigars, value 6s, from No. 95, Broadway, the property of Gustave Denning, on the 7th of March. They were also charged with receiving the same. The boy Trott had been previously convicted of stealing sweets, when he was imprisoned for one day and received 12 strokes of the birch. - Trott was sent to a reformatory for five years, Mr Lewis Williams remarking that he was greatly pained to have to send him away, and if the lad would call on him after his time was up he would help him to earn an honest livelihood; Harford was sentenced to receive six strokes of the birch; Stone to receive 10 strokes and Williams 12. | |
| 30 August 1897 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Trott was licensed to go out and work for Mr James, 80 Penhavell Street, Cardiff | |
| 11 March 1899 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 10 April 1900 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Trott, Barry, Cardiff | |
| 14 October 1902 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Trott, Barry | |