Frederick Arthur Walker - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1115 |
| Age: | 15 (born 10 November 1880 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Pale, fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 5 ft 0½ ins |
| Particular marks: | Large vacc. mark left arm |
| State of health: | Good. Slight weakness of heart |
| Able-bodied? | |
| Date of admission: | 16 December 1895 |
| Late residence: | 51 gospel End Street, Sedgley |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Farm work |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Larceny - stealing 2 fowls |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Police report - his conduct, character, and former conduct has not been good, and he has been suspected for a long time of pilfering and petty stealing |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 2 December 1895; B Whitehouse and Stephen Wilkes; Sedgley Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 (29 July 1895) |
| Length: | Fined 5s and costs |
| For what: | Stealing wheat |
| Father's name: | Samuel Walker |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Mother's name: | Mary Walker |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 51 Gospel End Street, Sedgley |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | T F Waterhouse, Justices' Clerk, Sedgley |
| Notes: | |
| 7 December 1895 The crime that sent him to Saltley was reported in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 7 December 1895 p.7 col.4: SEDGLEY. - MONDAY. (before B. Whitehouse and S. Wilkes, Esqrs.) EXTENSIVE THEFTS OF FOWLS.- Frederick Arthur Walker, 16, and William Hollies, 14, both of Gospel End, were charged with stealing six fowls, the property of Francis Adie, Gospel End, and Arthur Harrison, Summer House Inn. The defendants were detected in consequence of their selling fowls to poultry-dealers, and when arrested they admitted their guilt. Mr. Harrison stated that altogether he had missed about 20 fowls. Walker, who had been previously convicted, was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment, to be followed by two years' detention in a reformatory; and Hollies was bound over to be of good behaviour. | |
| 20 September 1896 The Medical Officer reported: Peritonitis, got worse then improved, all well by 30 September | |
| 31 January 1898 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Walker was licensed to go out and work for Mr Fisher, Gospel End, Sedgley | |
| 15 December 1898 Sentence expired whilst on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 11 April 1899 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Walker, Sedgley | |
| 10 April 1900 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Walker, Lichfield | |
| 9 April 1901 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Walker, South Africa [the Boer War was underway at this time] | |