William Plant - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1004 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 8 ins |
| Particular marks: | Scar on forehead |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 31 May 1892 |
| Late residence: | 74 Oldbury Road, Blackheath, Dudley |
| Parish he belongs to: | Blackheath |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Labourer |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 5 hens' eggs |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 11 May 1892; W Bassans and J H Smith; Old Hill Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 21 days and 5 years |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 3 |
| Length: | 1) 12 strokes; 2) 12 strokes; 3) 12 strokes |
| For what: | 1) Stealing ginger beer; 2) stealing 2 fowls; 3) stealing a tobacco pipe |
| Father's name: | Richmond Plant |
| Occupation: | Fishmonger |
| Mother's name: | Eliza Woodward (step-mother) |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Doubtful |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 74 Oldbury Road, Blackheath, Dudley |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| [boy is step-brother to Richard Woodward, boy 1005] | |
| 10 May 1897 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| 9 August 1898 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Plant, Blackheath | |