Thomas Newton - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 879 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Height: | 4 ft 3 ins |
| Particular marks: | Boil makrs top of right shoulder |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Slender |
| Date of admission: | 17 March 1888 |
| Late residence: | 148 Nottingham Road, Derby |
| Parish he belongs to: | All Saints, Derby |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a jacket |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 17 February 1888; Edward Wright and Thomas Turner; Burton on Trent Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month hard labour in prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 1 month |
| For what: | Stealing a coat |
| Father's name: | J Newton |
| Occupation: | General dealer |
| Mother's name: | Emma Newton |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Well treated |
| Character of parents | Father - health good, character indifferent. Mother - health poor, character good |
| Parents' wages: | 30s to 40s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s per week |
| Parents address: | 148 Nottingham Road, Derby |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Lieutenant-Colonel Delacombe, Borough Police, Derby |
| Person making this return: | Henry Goodyer, Justices' Clerk, Burton on Trent |
| Notes: | |
| 18 January 1888 A previous offence is reported in the Derby Mercury Wednesday 18 January 1888 p.3 col.1: THEFT FROM A SHOP DOOR. - John Tyson (16), John Smith (14), and Thomas Newton (14), were charged with having on the 10th inst. stolen an overcoat, valued at 3s. 3d. from the shop door of George Cholerton, St. Peter's-street, Derby. - George Hill, assistant to the prosecutor, identified the coat produced, and said it had been taken from the shop door. - Eli Cocker, pawnbroker, of East- street, said Tyson attempted to pledge the coat produced to him. He detained the prisoners and sent for a police officer. It afterwards transpired that Newton stole the coat and gave it to Smith, who then gave it to Tyson to pledge. On being charged in the usual way, the prisoners pleaded guilty. Dyson had been five times previously convicted, Smith twice, and Newton once. Newton asked the Bench to send him to an Industrial School. Dyson was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour, and the other prisoners were each sentenced to one months' imprisonment with hard labour. | |
| 16 February 1888 There is a report of the crime that sent him to Saltley in the Burton Chronicle Thursday 16 February 1888 p.5 col.6: BURTON POLICE COURT. - Friday. - Before the Mayor (Alderman Wright), and Alderman W. H. Worthington. - SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST BOYS. - John Smith (15), and Thomas Newton (14), both of Derby, were charged with stealing a man's jacket, of the value of 15s., the property of Richard Rechab King. - The coat was missed from the shop of the prosecutor, a clothier, of High Street, in January, and the principal evidence against the prisoners was that of Smith's brother, who said he met the prisoners and another boy on the 5th of January on the station bridge, and his brother said, "I have got a coat in the bag - can you pawn it for us?" adding that he had brought the article from Derby. Witness went away, but later on he again met the prisoners and their companion in the Market Place, when they said they were tired of carrying the bag about. After some conversation witness took the bag and detained it until the following Saturday, when the coat was pledged by a man. - Prisoners, who had nothing to say, and were only released that morning from Derby gaol, where they had been incarcerated for a similar offence, were remanded. | |
| 30 October 1891 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Newton was licensed to go out and work for Mr Goodall, Yardley | |
| 16 March 1892 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley whilst on licence | |
| 11 October 1892 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Newton, Derby | |
| 9 August 1898 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Newton, Derby | |
| 11 December 1900 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Newton, Derby | |
| 6 October 1903 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Newton, Derby | |