Timeline
1829? – Estimated year of birth.
1855 – 26th December – Committed in Manchester for stealing 1 saw and 1 spokeshave.
1855 – 27th December – George Frith, a 26-year-old married mechanic, is convicted of Larceny, at the Intermediate Quarter Sessions in Manchester, and sentenced to 4 years in prison.
1856 – 8th March – Transferred to Millbank Prison. He is given the prisoner number 2287.
1856 – 14th April – Transferred to Pentonville Prison. He is given the prisoner number 6589 and his behaviour is described as being good.
1857 – 27th March – Transferred to Chatham Prison. He is given the prisoner number 858. His behaviour on the whole is described as Very Good.
1859 – 6th May – Removed from Chatham Prison and transferred to Woking Convict Invalid Prison. Prisoner Number 53.
He is described as sallow complexioned with brown hair and blue eyes, his height is 5’5 1/2. He is noted as having extensive tattoos and scars, including a blue scar and two blue dots over his left eyebrow, a scar from a cut along his right jaw, 3 blue dots above and 5 blue marks below his left elbow, an anchor between his thumb and 1st finger, an anchor on his 3rd finger, a ring around his 2nd finger and an “E” on the back of his left hand. Prisoner 52, John Pilling, also hailed from Manchester and had similar tattoos. He is listed as being protestant and 2 children with his wife, Elizabeth Frith, who is listed as his next of kin living at 90 pump St., Rochdale Rd, Manchester.
1859 – 26th December – Released from Woking Convict Invalid Prison.