QSR1920/3/3/2

Apendix to the Calendar of Prisoners at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace 30th June 1920

30th June 1920

From: 1920 To: 1920

Appendix to the Calendar Session Bedford County (Date) 30th June 1920 Young Offenders (16 to 21 Years of Age). Prevention of Crime Act, 1908, Section I. (1). (as amended by Section II. Of the Criminal Justice Administration Act, 1914). “When a person is convicted on indictment of an offence for which he is liable to be sentenced to penal servitude or imprisonment and it appears to the Court: - “(a) that the person is not less than 16 nor more than 21 years of age; and “(b) that, by reason of his criminal habits of tendencies or association with person of bad character, it is expedient that he should be subject to detention for such term and under such instruction and discipline as appears most conducive to his reformation and the repression of crime; It shall be lawful for the Court, in lieu of passing a sentence of penal servitude or imprisonment, to pass a sentence of detention under penal description in a Borstal Institution for a term of not less that two years nor more than three years. “Provided that, before passing such a sentence the Court shall consider any report or representation which may be made to it by or on behalf of the Prison Commissioners as to the suitability of the case for treatment in a Borstal Institution and shall satisfied that the character, state of health, and mental condition of the offender, and the other circumstances of the case, are such that the offender is likely to profit by such instruction and discipline as aforesaid” Number & Name: 1. William Oliver alias White Governor’s Report: Not considered suitable at present. He has not been charged or convicted before, he seems to have got into bad company since leaving home. A sentence under the “Modified” Borstal System may pull him up in time.

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Oliver, William,
White, William,
Dobson, William

BEDFORD, Bedford Prison, Borstal Institutions