Frederick Fisher - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1031 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Cardiff |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Height: | 4 ft 5 ins |
| Particular marks: | Blue scar left side of hand, 2 scars under left nose |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 13 May 1893 |
| Late residence: | 55 Minnie Street, Cardiff |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 1 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 1 |
| Offence: | Stealing 5 sacks |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 5 May 1893; F J Bevan; Cardiff Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Cardiff |
| Sentence: | 10 days in prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 3 |
| Length: | 1) (27 November 1888) discharged; 2) (27 November 1888) cautioned; 3) (23 April 1892) 1 day and 6 strokes |
| For what: | 1) Stealing old iron; 2) stealing tools; 3) stealing canvas |
| Father's name: | William Henry Fisher |
| Occupation: | Carman |
| Mother's name: | Jane Fisher |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Nothing against them |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 55 Minnie Street, Cardiff |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 25 April 1892 A previous offence was reported in the South Wales Daily News Saturday 25 April 1892 p.6 col.5: NEGLECTED CHILDREN.-Frederick and Francis Fisher, aged 11 and 10 years respectively, were sentenced to one day's imprisonment, and each ordered to receive six strokes of the birch rod for stealing two pieces of canvas value one penny, the property of Mr Phelps, gardener, Cathays. - Alderman Jacobs severely censured the parents for their neglect of the children. | |
| 27 January 1893 Another previous offence was reported in the Evening Express [Cardiff] Friday 27 January 1893 p.2 col.9: YOUTHFUL BONE-STEALERS AT CARDIFF. At Cardiff Police-court this afternoon (before Mr, T. W. Lewis, stipendiary, and Dr. H. J. Paine) five boys, named William Miles, 10, William John Fisher. 14, Frederick Fisher, 12, Arthur Newman, 14, and Henry Newman, 12. were charged with stealing a quantity of bones, value 3s., from a yard at Rolls Bank, North-road, the property of Frederick Ward, on the 26th inst. - The boys pleaded guilty, and it transpired that they had stolen about 3½cwt. of bones and sold them to a ragman named White for 1s. 9d. - William Miles, Frederick Fisher, and Henry Newman were sentenced to one day's imprisonment and to receive six strokes with the birch rod, and the others were ordered to be imprisoned for one day and to receive twelve strokes with the birch. | |
| 27 September 1893 The Medical Officer reported: Influenza cold | |
| 15 July 1894 The Medical Officer reported: Peritonitis, much better by 24 July and all right by 8 August | |
| 31 October 1894 The Medical Officer reported: Tabes mesenterica | |
| 21 December 1894 The Medical Officer reported: Peritonitis, improved and able to get out by 28 December. However, relapsed and doctor visited almost every day and Fisher weakened and got worse. Finally on 17 February 1895 he died "very quickly" | |
| 12 February 1895 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report states: On the recommendation of our medical officer, and with the approval of Mr Morgan, an application was made to the Home Secretary for the discharge of Frederick Fisher, on the ground of his being physically unfit for detention, and this was received on the 18th January. I regret to say that his increasing illness has rendered his removal impossible, and now there does not seem the slightest hope of his getting better. | |
| 30 April 1895 The Log Book report records that: the boy Fisher, who was seriously ill at the time of your last meeting died February 17th. The boy's parents attended the funeral,which took place at the parish church [St Saviour's, Saltley on 20 February]. Several of the boys and officers were victims to the prevailing epidemic of influenza... All are now well. | |