John Wild - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1044 |
| Age: | 15 (born 2 August 1878) |
| Whence received: | Newcastle under Lyme |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Sallow |
| Hair colour: | Dark |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Height: | 4 ft 8⅞ ins |
| Particular marks: | Scar on right forearm; burn mark on back of neck |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | |
| Date of admission: | 15 December 1893 |
| Late residence: | 9 Hart Street, Newcastle under Lyme |
| Parish he belongs to: | Newcastle |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Police report - boy has been in the habit of sleeping out at night and is entirely beyond the control of his parents |
| Whether illegitimate: | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly? [Well and Not At All crossed out, Imperfectly left blank] |
| Writes: | Imperfectly? [Well and Not At All crossed out, Imperfectly left blank] |
| Offence: | Stealing a pair of boots |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | See police report above |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 15 December 1893; J P Heath and I B Millard; Newcastle under Lyme Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 1) (12 March 1891) 12 strokes; 2) (6 July 1891) 12 strokes and 48 hours cells |
| For what: | 1) Stealing sacks; 2) stealing boots |
| Father's name: | John Wild |
| Occupation: | Forge man |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Wild (step-mother) |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Nothing known against either |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 9 Hart Street, Newcastle under Lyme |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | George Taylor, Chief Constable |
| Person making this return: | Chief Constable |
| Notes: | |
| 11 July 1891 There is a brief mention of a previous offence in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 11 July 1893 p.7 col.3: John Wild, 12. and John Jukes, 9, were charged with stealing a pair of boots, value 10s., the property of William Watkln, ostler at the Globe Inn. They were ordered to be confined in the cells for 48 hours and to be flogged. | |
| 9 October 1895 The Medical Officer reported: Stab to foot, all right by 16 October | |
| 23 April 1896 Discharged from Saltley by order of the Home Secretary, on account of emigrating. Left Liverpool for Richmond, Quebec on board the SS Sardinian | |
| 9 June 1896 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Wild, Upper Melbourne, Quebec | |
| 8 December 1896 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Wild, emigrant, Canada. (Plenty of employment. Receiving $10 and board per month. Kind enquiries) | |