Charles Joseph Briggs - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 947 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Strangeways, Manchester |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 6 ins |
| Particular marks: | Scar on centre of forehead |
| State of health: | Frail and of strumous [of a scrofulous disposition] tendency |
| Able-bodied? | Very fragile. Sight of both eyes permanently defective |
| Date of admission: | |
| Late residence: | 9 Johnson Street, Every Street, Ancoats, Manchester |
| Parish he belongs to: | Not known |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Errand boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly (very little). Standard 3. NB his defective vision will probably necessitate abstention from study |
| Writes: | Imperfectly (very little), Standard 3 |
| Offence: | Vagrancy |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Says he was unsuccessful in obtaining employment and did not care to go home |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 9 May 1890; F J Headlam; Manchester City Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Strangeways, Manchester |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 6 strokes |
| For what: | Vagrancy |
| Father's name: | Robert Briggs |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Boy says father treated him kindly |
| Character of parents | Unknown |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 9 Johnson Street, Ancoats, Manchester |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 24 May 1890 The Medical Officer reported: Keratitis (chronic prior to admission), leaving opacity of cornea in both eyes, and permanently unfitting him in my opinion for close study | |
| 24 November 1890 The Medical Officer reported: Gastric catarrh. Much improved by 4 December | |
| 29 March 1892 The Medical Officer reported: Pleurisy. Although he showed some improvement by 8 April, on 27 April the MO decided that he was not physically fit for detention in a reformatory | |
| 28 April 1892 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records that Briggs is in a very unsatisfactory state of health, and, I am afraid, will not be much better | |
| 13 May 1892 Formally discharged from Saltley. The Log Book states: The boy Briggs, whom the Doctor reports as physically unfit for detention, has been discharged by order of the Home Secretary, to live at home with his father. His married sister, a most respectable woman, undertaking to see that he is properly looked after | |
| 3 February 1894 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Briggs, Manchester | |
| 11 August 1896 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Briggs, Manchester | |