David Sweet - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 825 |
| Age: | 9 years 8 months |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Plymouth |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fair |
| Hair colour: | Medium brown |
| Eyes colour: | Dark blue |
| Height: | 4 ft 3 ins |
| Particular marks: | Nil |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 4 September 1886 |
| Late residence: | 64 Hotham Place, Stoke, Devonport |
| Parish he belongs to: | Stoke, Devonport |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Schoolboy |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 3 pigeons |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Unknown |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 23 August 1886; William Peck and W Cook; Devonport Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Plymouth |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 1) Birched; 2) birched |
| For what: | 1) Stealing powder(?); 2) stealing a watch |
| Father's name: | John Sweet |
| Occupation: | Petty Officer, Royal Navy |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Ann Sweet |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Apparently very good |
| Character of parents | Parents honest and sober, in good health |
| Parents' wages: | Father about £1 per week and rations |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Parents engage to pay 2s 6d per week |
| Parents address: | 64 Hotham Place, Stoke, Devonport |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent of Police, Guildhall, Devonport |
| Person making this return: | W Brewitt, H M Prison Plymouth |
| Notes: | |
| 21 July 1890 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Sweet was licensed to go out and work for Mr S Holman, Devonport | |
| 19 August 1890 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Sweet, Devonport | |
| 20 December 1890 The Log Book report records that he was readmitted to the School from on licence because of bad conduct | |
| 3 September 1891 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| 13 October 1891 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Sweet, HMS Impregnable | |
| 12 December 1893 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Sweet, Devonport | |
| 3 February 1894 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Sweet, HMS Trafalgar, Malta | |
| 12 February 1895 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Sweet, HMS Scout, Alexandria | |
| 30 April 1895 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Sweet, Egypt | |
| 9 June 1896 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Sweet, Plymouth | |