Thomas Allmark - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 712 |
| Age: | 10 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Short cut top of forehead |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 23 December 1882 |
| Late residence: | Newcastle under Lyme |
| Parish he belongs to: | Newcastle under Lyme |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Been at school |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing lamps |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Has been allowed to run the streets. Father has been summoned several times by School Board Officer |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 22 November 1882; R May and R Mosley; Newcastle under Lyme Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 3 days in police cells and 6 strokes |
| For what: | Breaking windows |
| Father's name: | Joseph Allmark |
| Occupation: | Forgeman |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Allmark |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Very drunken. Parents are paying 2s a week for the maintenance of another son in Liverpool Industrial School |
| Parents' wages: | 30s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 39 Sunday Wells, Newcastle under Lyme |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Frederick Dutton, Chief Constable, Newcastle under Lyme |
| Person making this return: | Frederick Dutton, Chief Constable, Newcastle under Lyme |
| Notes: | |
| Brother of James Allmark (boy 755). Click here to go to his record | |
| 25 November 1882 The remand hearing for the crime that sent him to Saltley was reported in the Newcastle Guardian and Silverdale, Chesterton and Audley Chronicle Saturday 25 November 1882 p.2 col.2: CHARGE OF THEFT AGAINST LADS. - Thomas Allmark, Thomas Mellor, Thomas Downing, and John Wiggins, lads, all, with the exception of Mellor, who was ten, being eleven years of age, were in custody on a charge of stealing four bulls-eye lamps, value 2s. 6d., the property of Messrs. J. Beardmore and Sons, ironmongers, of the Ironmarket. - Mr. James appeared for the prisoners. - From the evidence given, it appeared that on the 11th inst., the lamps were safe on the prosecutor's stall in the Covered Market. The lads were seen hanging about the stall on Monday, the 13th inst., and on information of the loss being given to the police, P.C. Bowcock found two of the lamps at the residence of the defendant Wiggin, and two at that of Mellor. On being apprehended, these lads gave information leading to the arrest of the others, and when all were charged together, each accused the other of the theft. - The Bench remanded the prisoners for further evidence until Wednesday. Bail was allowed. | |
| 22 December 1885 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| 9 March 1886 A report to Committee in the Log Book contains a list of letters from former inmates, including one from Allmark, address North Staffs Infirmary | |