Samuel John Ash - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
Image by permission of the Library of Birmingham. MS 244/6/2.
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1029 |
| Age: | 12 (born 25 November 1880) |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Cardiff |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Sallow |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 5 ins |
| Particular marks: | 2 cuts on forehead, cut scar left eyebrow, long cut scar left jaw bone |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 1893 |
| Late residence: | 21 Inchmarnock Street, Cardiff |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | No regular work, has been a week or two on the tug boats |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing 1 hammer, 2 centre bits, and 1 compass from a builder's shed |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Lack of efficient parental control |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 2 May 1893; J Le Frehaine; Cardiff Police court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Cardiff |
| Sentence: | 10 days in prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 (4 November 1892) |
| Length: | 1 day and 6 strokes |
| For what: | Stealing a pair of slippers |
| Father's name: | Samuel Ash |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Ellen Ash |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | They appear to be incapable of managing children as they describe their little lad as beyond their control |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 21 Inchmarnock Street, Cardiff |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 20 November 1896 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Ash was licensed to go out and work for Mr Menzies, Ellesmere Lodge, Altrincham | |
| 10 May 1897 Sentence expired whilst on licence, discharged from Saltley | |