Timeline
1832 – Estimated year of birth.
1852 – 10th August – Charged with theft of a pocket watch from the person of Edwin Baker at the Wolverhampton Race Course.
1852 – 18th October – Convicted of theft of a pocket watch from the person of Edwin Baker at the Stafford General Quarter Sessions.
1856 – 5th January – Received at Millbank prison.
1856 – 13th August – Received at Portland Prison.
1859 – 3rd May – Received at Woking Convict Invalid Prison. Prisoner Number 22.
Whilst at Woking his health and behaviour are listed as being good and very good respectively. In the register he is listed as being married to Mrs Wallis, Brighton Road, Brighton but that later transpired to be a lie, as he refers to her in a latter register as his sister, with a similar spelled surname and living in Shoreditch. His job is that of a labourer and his religion is Church of England. He is described as having a dark complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes and as being 5’5 and robust. He is further characterised as having a scar on his left thumb and face.
1859 – 7th October – Released from Woking Convict Invalid Prison.
1863 – 30th June – Charged with theft from a person and committed to Marylebone Lock Up.
1864 – 30th July – Convicted at Clerkenwell Quarterly Sessions of stealing from the person and sentenced to 4 years penal servitude.
His profession has changed from a labourer to a baker. His next of kin is listed as his sister, previously referred to as his wife, Miss Wallace who lives at 29 Nicholl Street, Shoreditch. Interestingly his description has change most notably his complexion. By this point he is listed as being fair, rather than dark, and this is likely due to sunlight deprivation. Building on the robust description of his body type prior, his stature is listed as being stout and that he has a long visage with an ordinary nose and mout. Thomas Glenn is listed as being able to read, likely a skill learnt in prison. Curiously, this record refers to him as a catholic whereas priior he was CoE; often prisoners would change religion in prison to receive perks and freedoms. Lastly, he has been summoned to court for a crime before and not convicted and previously charged with ‘roguery’. The lack of information of his earlier or later life, outside of the prison system, is due to him not being of any fixed abode.
1863 – 21st September – Received at Millbank Prison. Prisoner number 7998. He was kept in the separate system, his behaviour was indifferent and his schooling satisfactory.
1864 – 29th July – Received at Woking Prison. Prisoner number 2156 and held in an association cell. His behaviour was very good, schooling moderate and his prison trade was that of a washerman.
1865 – 1st May – Received at Portsmouth Prison. Prisoner number 9666, his behaviour was very good, his schooling fair, and his prison trade now that of a labourer.
1866 – 9th October – Received at Millbank Prison. Prisoner number 3423.
1867 – 5th July – Released on licence, licence number 19031. His destination is listed as London, latterly added was the address of another sister, Margaret Glenn, who lived at 189 (unknown street), Shoreditch, London.