Gilbert Williams - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1096 |
| Age: | 14 (born 9 October 1880) |
| Whence received: | Staffordshire Quarter Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Ruddy (freckled) |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 5 ft 7 ins |
| Particular marks: | Cut 3rd joint 2nd finger left hand |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 24 July 1895 |
| Late residence: | 7 Middle Gardens, Willenhall |
| Parish he belongs to: | Willenhall |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Warehouse breaking and stealing |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad associates |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 2 July 1895; Baron Hatherton; Staffordshire Quarter Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | 4 years at Saltley or until the age of 18 years, dating from 2 July 1895 |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | Fined 6d and costs |
| For what: | Damage to window |
| Father's name: | Charles Williams |
| Occupation: | Whitesmith |
| Mother's name: | Mercy Williams |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 7 Middle Gardens, Willenhall |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | M F Blakiston |
| Notes: | |
| 6 July 1895 The crime that sent him to Saltley was very briefly reported in the Staffordshire Chronicle Saturday 6 July 1895 p.7 col.3: Gilbert Williams (14) and Joseph Biggs (12), breaking into a warehouse on June 9 and 10 and committing a theft, remanded to the workhouse and then sent to a reformatory, Biggs for five years and Williams for four years | |
| 29 July 1898 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Williams was licensed to go out and work for J Burroughs, Wood Street, Willenhall | |
| 9 October 1898 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 11 April 1899 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from William, in the Army | |
| 8 August 1899 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Williams, Ireland | |
| 12 December 1899 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Williams, Gibraltar | |
| 10 April 1900 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Williams, Aldershot | |
| 31 July 1900 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Williams, South Africa [the Boer War was underway at this time] | |
| 9 April 1901 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Williams, South Africa | |
| 15 July 1902 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Williams, South Africa | |
| 14 October 1902 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Williams, South Africa | |
| 14 April 1903 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Williams, India | |
| 9 August 1904 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Williams, Chakrata, India | |
