Thomas Emberton - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 956 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Pale |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Height: | 4 ft 4¾ ins |
| Particular marks: | Small mole over right eye and brow, 1 below right collar bone, amd 1 lower part of chest |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 6 November 1890 |
| Late residence: | 22 Bilston Street, Hallfields, Bradley |
| Parish he belongs to: | Bradley |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Has done no work. Has attended school very irregularly, being only a 2nd Standard boy at 12 years |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Very imperfectly |
| Writes: | Very imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing money (4s) from a shop till |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Has been allowed to run the streets and become an "Owl" instead of being compelled to attend school regularly. Appears to have been beyond his parents' control |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 7 October 1890; G A Pudsey and H N Ward; Bilston Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 6 strokes |
| For what: | Stealing toys from a stall at the fair |
| Father's name: | William Emberton |
| Occupation: | Iron worker |
| Mother's name: | Ann Emberton |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Parents apparently did their best to control the boy, who though very young appears to be a very bad boy |
| Character of parents | Reported good in each case |
| Parents' wages: | Father 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 22 Bilston Street, Hallfields, Bradley |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 26 January 1894 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Emberton was licensed to go out and work for Mr C Hyason(?), Oxford Street, Bilston | |
| 3 February 1894 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Emberton, Bilston, Staffordshire | |
| 5 November 1894 Sentence expired whilst on licence, discharged from Saltley | |