Joseph Henry Carter - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 884 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light |
| Eyes colour: | Light hazel |
| Height: | 4 ft 8 ins |
| Particular marks: | Short cut mark top of forehead |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Slender |
| Date of admission: | 23 June 1888 |
| Late residence: | 19 Sutherland Street, Fenton |
| Parish he belongs to: | Stoke on Trent |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Labourer |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a pair of spectacles, etc |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 23 May 1888; H C Greenwood; Longton Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 1) Fined 10s; 2) fined 10s |
| For what: | 1) Stealing groceries from a cart; 2) stealing boots and blacking from Stoke Market |
| Father's name: | Frederick Carter |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Anne Carter |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Well treated |
| Character of parents | Good. Mother is a cripple |
| Parents' wages: | 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Parents say they cannot pay anything. They have 6 children to support, 4 being wholly dependent upon them |
| Parents address: | 19 Sutherland Street, Fenton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent Joseph Evans, Longton, Staffordshire |
| Person making this return: | John Craddock, Assistant Clerk to Stipendiary, Burslem |
| Notes: | |
| 7 February 1890 The Medical Officer reported: Influenza | |
| 23 January 1892 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Carter was licensed to go out and work for the Gasworks, Fenton, Staffordshire | |
| 22 June 1893 Sentence expired whilst on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 10 December 1895 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Carter, Fenton | |