u/BasementJatz

Hi. Can anyone please tell me why an ancestor would have circles instead of ticks on their 1903 Scottish prison register entry? His registration number is circled, and there is a circle in the ‘Sentence if Convicted’ section. All other registrations have ticks in these sections.

He was given a 12 month sentence but never returned to his wife and child in Glasgow.

I haven’t got as far as checking death records etc but according to 1909 Poor Register records his wife then also disappeared and the child was left with her maternal grandmother.

Any help much appreciated. Thanks.