Joseph Thomas Jervis - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1024 |
| Age: | 12 years 9 months (16 on 17 June 1896) |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Height: | 4 ft 5ΒΌ ins |
| Particular marks: | Nil |
| Good | |
| Able-bodied? | Has old standing vascular disease of heart |
| Date of admission: | 15 March 1893 |
| Late residence: | 4 Southern Road, Longton (122 Sutherland Road, Longton written above) |
| Parish he belongs to: | Longton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil - has not done any work nor has he attended school, is entirely ignorant, does not even know A from B |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all - does not know his letters |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing 3s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Entirely neglected - father deserted his wife and family 11 years ago, leaving the wife and mother to support the (2) children. If he was ever sent to school he does not go there. The boy is a member of a gang of thieves, and on the hearing of the present charge admitted to being concerned in some 13 robberies from shop tills recently |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 16 February 1893; A Edwardes; Longton Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, then Saltley until the age of 16 (on 17 June 1896) |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 1) 6 strokes; 2) cautioned and liberated |
| For what: | 1) Stealing coal; 2) vagrancy |
| Father's name: | Thomas Jervis |
| Occupation: | Caster |
| Mother's name: | Alice Jervis |
| Occupation: | Potter |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Both reported as of good character |
| Parents' wages: | Mother earns 7s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 4 Southern Road, Longton (122 Sutherland Road, Longton written above) |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 23 March 1895 The Medical Officer reported: Influenza | |
| March 1896 The Medical Officer reported: Malingering | |
| 19 April 1896 Sent out on licence to work for Mr Kent, Olton, near Birmingham | |
| 17 June 1896 Sentenced expired whilst on licence, discharged from Saltley | |