Joseph Whittick - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 929 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Height: | 4 ft 10 ins |
| Particular marks: | Burn mark on right shin |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 18 September 1889 |
| Late residence: | 59 Dudley Street, Walsall [Rolleston on Dove near Burton on Trent crossed out] |
| Parish he belongs to: | Walsall [Rolleston crossed out] |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Caster. Indifferent mode of life |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing content and money from a shop till |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 28 August 1889; A S Russell and J Thorpe; Walsall |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 21 days hard labour in prison, detained at Saltley until 17 years of age |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | - |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Thomas Whithick |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Whithick |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Nothing known of parents |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not assessed |
| Parents address: | 59 Dudley Street, Walsall |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| [The Admissions Register has his surname as Whithick, but several other sources have it as Whittick] | |
| 17 August 1889 A previous offence was reported in the Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle Saturday 17 August 1889 p.8 col.2: AN ALLEGED UNLAWFUL PURPOSE. - Joseph Careless, Farringdon Street, Joseph Whittick, Dudley Street, and Walter Cox, Paddock Lane, were charged with being found in the hay loft at the Windmill Tavern on the previous night. - Prisoners pleaded guilty, and evidence was given that frequently persons had slept there, and that many things had been missed. These boys had not been caught before, and it could not be said that they had ever taken anything. - Adjourned for a month, on their promise of good behaviour in future. | |
| 31 August 1889 There is a report of the crime that sent him to Saltley in the Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle Saturday 31 August 1889 p.8 col.1: Afterwards, Joseph Whittick (14), Dudley Street, William Birch (14), Windmill Street, and Frank Hitch (15). Victor Street, were charged with having stolen 2s. 8d. from a till in the shop of Joseph Thomas Passant, 18, Short Street. A boy named Evans stated that he was with the accused when the money was taken. Birch went into the shop, and on his returning with the 2s. 6d. they all shared the money. The lads pleaded guilty, and the Chief Constable asked that they be sent to a reformatory, stating that they had all been in trouble before, and that there were seven or eight more charges which he might prefer against them, The Bench decided to send all the lads to the Akbar training ship. - Hitch for two years, and Whittick and Birch till they became seventeen years of age. They also sentenced them to twenty-one days' imprisonment. | |
| 10 January 1894 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| 3 February 1894 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, Marine Artillery, Devonport | |
| 10 December 1895 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, on board HMS Empress | |
| 24 April 1896 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, HMS Magnificent | |
| 9 June 1896 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, HMS Magnificent | |
| 9 February 1897 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, Royal Navy. (Writes from HMS Magnificent. Shortly expects orders for 6 months cruise to Canary Islands) | |
| 8 February 1898 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, West Coast of Africa. (Gone out to relieve the St George, Had a good passage. Going on an expedition) | |
| 10 October 1899 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, Simons Bay, South Africa [the Boer War was starting at this time] | |
| 6 February 1900 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, Cape Police, South Africa | |
| 10 April 1900 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, South Africa | |
| 31 July 1900 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, South Africa | |
| 9 April 1901 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, South Africa | |
| 11 February 1902 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whittick, South Africa | |