Samuel Cook - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1019 |
| Age: | 11 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Wakefield |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 0¾ ins |
| Particular marks: | Cut on left eyebrow |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 4 January 1893 |
| Late residence: | 45 Prospect Place, Doncaster |
| Parish he belongs to: | Doncaster |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 2 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 2 |
| Offence: | Stealing 8 caps, a pair of leggings, and 3 packs of apples |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 22 December 1892; C E Clarke; Doncaster Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Wakefield |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 1 day |
| For what: | Shop breaking |
| Father's name: | William Cook |
| Occupation: | Joiner |
| Mother's name: | Louisa Cook |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | "Not known" |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 45 Prospect Place, Doncaster |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 23 December 1892 There is a report of the crime in the York Herald Friday 23 December 1892 p.3 col.3: THEFT BY LADS. - At Doncaster, yesterday, Herbert and Samuel Cooke, and Harry Senior, three lads belonging to Doncaster were charged with stealing 12 caps, the property of Messrs. Dennis Roberts and Sons, two pair of leggings belonging to Mr. F. Baxter, and three pecks of apples, the property of Mr. Jeffries, of Exchange- street. All the robberies were committed on Friday evening. The lads then went to Rotherham and committed some thefts there, and afterwards to Sheffield where they committed more robberies there. They then returned to Rotherham, and were arrested. Afterwards they were handed over to Inspector Bunney who brought them to Doncaster. Each lad was then found wearing one of the caps stolen from Roberts', and one of them one of the pairs of leggings stolen from White's. The apples, with the other pairs of leggings, were found concealed in a stable where the lads had slept. With respect to the Cookes, it was said that both had been before the magistrates before. Senior's mother said this was the only child she had had trouble with. Once he took home £20 in gold and £5 in paper, which she learned he had got from a neighbouring house by getting through the roof. She sent him back with it and he took £1 out of it, which she had to make up out of her earnings. Each of the lads were sent to prison for 14 days for each offence. After this the Cookes to go to a Reformatory for five years each and Senior for three years. | |
| 9 May 1894 The Medical Officer reported: Periostitis, getting on well by 21 May, then deteriorated and was sent to hospital on 13 June | |
| 12 June 1894 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records: ...a little boy, who some time ago sprained his instep at football, and in spite of medical attendance Dr Brown tells me that consumption of the bone has set in and it will be necessary to have it scraped. For that purpose, arrangements are being made for him to enter the General Hospital. | |
| In the subsequent report of 14 August 1894 the Log Book states: I am daily expecting to hear from the hospital authorities that the boy Cook is ready to be discharged. He was finally discharged on 30 August and became an out-patient | |
| 22 February 1897 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Cook was licensed to go out and work for Evans and Adlard, Moor Street, Birmingham | |
| 3 January 1898 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |