Edward Bailey - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1099 |
| Age: | 15 (born 5 November 1879) |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light |
| Eyes colour: | Slate |
| Height: | 4 ft 10 ins |
| Particular marks: | Cut outside right and left leg; small cut left upper lip |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 5 August 1895 |
| Late residence: | 16 Gorton's Yard, Hill Street, Walsall |
| Parish he belongs to: | St Matthew's, Walsall |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Selling newspapers (street arab) |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing apples |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 22 July 1895; R J Jupp and W H Brookes; Walsall Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, detained at Saltley until 19 years of age |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 1) 3 days in prison; 2) 7 days in prison |
| For what: | 1) Gambling and obstructing [the footpath]; 2) Gambling and obstructing [the footpath] |
| Father's name: | Edward Bailey |
| Occupation: | Locksmith |
| Mother's name: | Mary Bailey |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 12s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not assessed |
| Parents address: | Gorton's Yard, Hill Street, Walsall |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | R J Jupp |
| Notes: | |
| 27 July 1895 The crime that sent him to Saltley was reported in the Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle Saturday 27 July 1895 p.3 col.5: A GANG OF THIEVES. - Three lads, named Patrick O'Brien (15), William Turner (15), and Edward Bailey (15). of Ball Street, New Street, and Gorton's Yard respectively, were charged with stealing a quantity of apples, value 6d., the property of Samuel Harvey, The Shrubbery, Sutton Road. - Police-sergeant Ballance found the prisoners asleep in a pigstye, with apples in the possession of Turner and Bailey, and more of the same fruit under O'Brien When the officer surprised the prisoners they tried to hide the apples in some straw. - Evidence as to the theft was given by William Birch. a caster's assistant, who spoke to the incursion by the prisoners into the prosecutor's garden during the early hours of Sunday morning last. - The Chief Constable (Mr. Taylor) said that Bailey was no doubt the ringleader of a gang. The whole of the prisoners had been previously convicted. - They were now each committed for 14 days' imprisonment, and ordered at the end of that time to be detained in a reformatory for four years. | |
| 19 February 1896 The Medical Officer reported: Eczema | |
| March 1896 The Medical Officer reported: Leg | |
| 3 September 1898 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Bailey was licensed to go out and work for Mr Evans, Summit Buckle Works, New Street, Walsall | |
| 5 November 1898 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
