Elijah Smith - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 877 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | - |
| Particular marks: | Scar on right wrist and one on buttocks |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Date of admission: | 6 March 1888 |
| Late residence: | Mounts Cottage, Riddings Lane, Wednesbury |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wednesbury |
| Customary work and mode of life: | School boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | Yes |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 3 bottles of sweets and a quantity of chocolate |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 6 February 1888; W Williams and M L Underhill; Wednesbury Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 6 strokes |
| For what: | Stealing tobacco |
| Father's name: | William Smith |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Mother's name: | Louisa Smith |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Respectable, etc |
| Parents' wages: | Father earns about 17s weekly |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not yet assessed |
| Parents address: | Mounts Cottage, Riddings Lane, Wednesbury |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent Wilcox, Council House, Birmingham |
| Person making this return: | M Elliott, H M Prison Birmingham |
| Notes: | |
| 6 October 1891 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Smith was licensed to go out and work for Mr Starkey, Green Lane, Walsall | |
| 5 March 1893 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| 10 February 1903 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Smith, Walsall | |