Fredrick Key - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 819 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 8 ins |
| Particular marks: | Small mole right side of neck |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Slender |
| Date of admission: | 26 June 1886 |
| Late residence: | 44 back of Regent Street, Hanley |
| Parish he belongs to: | Hanley |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 2 pigeons |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 28 May 1886; Hanley Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford Gaol |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 12 strokes birch rod |
| For what: | Stealing boots |
| Father's name: | James Key |
| Occupation: | Potter |
| Mother's name: | Emma Key |
| Occupation: | Potter |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Well treated |
| Character of parents | Sober, etc. Health delicate |
| Parents' wages: | 12s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 44 back of Regent Street, Hanley |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Herbert Windle, Chief Constable, Hanley |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 28 May 1889 Formally discharged from Saltley as he had emigrated to Canada om 23 May with Price [boy 801] and Lester [boy 799] | |
| 10 June 1890 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Key, Trenholmville, Quebec, Canada | |
| 13 October 1891 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Key, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 9 June 1896 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Key, Montreal | |