Henry Thomas - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 907 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Red |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Height: | 4 ft 3½ ins |
| Particular marks: | Burn mark left forearm; 2 scald marks back of right shoulder; and 1 scald mark near right buttock |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Date of admission: | 9 February 1889 |
| Late residence: | 18 Park Passage, Longton |
| Parish he belongs to: | Longton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a quantity of beef and rolls |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not reported |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 10 January 1889; A Edwards and J Holdcroft; Longton Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 3 |
| Length: | 1) 5 September 1887 3 strokes; 2) 7 November 1888 8 strokes; 3) 6 December 1888 12 strokes |
| For what: | 1) Stealing wearing apparel; 2) stealing boots; 3) stealing money |
| Father's name: | John Shaw (step-father) |
| Occupation: | Potter |
| Mother's name: | Emily Shaw |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Reported good |
| Parents' wages: | £1 1s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not yet assessed |
| Parents address: | 18 Park Passage, Longton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent of Police, Longton |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 11 January 1889 The crime was reported in the Staffordshire Sentinel Friday 11 January 1889 p.3 col.7: BAD LADS. - Henry Thomas, twelve. 18, Park-passage; and John Thomas Whelan, eleven, 55, Bagnall-street, were charged with stealing about 1lb. of cooked beef and two rolls of bread, the properly of John Parkes, refreshment house keeper, Stafford-street, on the 9th. - The lads went into the shop while the proprietor was absent, got round the counter to the window, cut the beef, and took it off with them. They were arrested by P.C. Minshall, and pleaded guilty. - Several previous convictions for felony were recorded, and the Bench sentenced each to one month's imprisonment, to be followed by confinement in a reformatory until sixteen years of age. | |
| 11 January 1893 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Thomas was licensed to go out and work for Messers Grove and Oliver, Longton | |
| 8 February 1894 Sentence expired whilst on licence, discharged from Saltley | |