| Joseph Downs - Saltley Reformatory Inmate | |
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| No. in Admissions Register: | 496 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | - |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Mole on right loin |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 5 January 1874 |
| Late residence: | 42 New Inkleys, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | St Jude's, Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Bone and ivory toy making |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing a bag of fruit |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 23 December 1873, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley |
| Where imprisoned: | Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | One |
| Length: | 3 days and whipping |
| For what: | Stealing cigars |
| Father's name: | Thomas Downs |
| Occupation: | Bone and ivory toy maker |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Well |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not stated |
| Parents address: | 42 New Inkleys, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 24 December 1873 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 24 December 1873 p.3 col.6: A BAD LAD. - Joseph Downes, The Inkleys, was charged with stealing a box of sweets from the shop of Mr. Andrew Hatton, confectioner, Islington, on the previous night. - The prisoner was only discharged from prison on Saturday, after receiving a whipping. He pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment and five years' detention in a reformatory. |
| 5 January 1882 Saw Downes on our way from Church |