Herbert Sayer Johnson - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1125 |
| Age: | 15 (born 6 February 1881) |
| Whence received: | Evesham Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Freckled |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Height: | 5 ft 2½ ins |
| Particular marks: | Mole on neck |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 5 March 1896 |
| Late residence: | 15 Avon Dale Square, Evesham, Worcestershire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Evesham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Helping in market gardens |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 2 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 2 |
| Offence: | Stealing 2 bundles of withey twigs |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 2 March 1896; R J Tomes and G Hurst; Evesham Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | Fined 10s and costs |
| For what: | Stealing growing cabbages |
| Father's name: | John Johnson |
| Occupation: | Painter and glazier |
| Mother's name: | Emma Johnson |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | Not stated |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 15 Avon Dale Square, Evesham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | W Cope, Superintendent of Police |
| Notes: | |
| 7 March 1896 The crime that sent him to Saltley was reported in the Worcester Journal Saturday 7 March 1896 p.7 col.5: EVESHAM YOUTHS IN TROUBLE. - James Saunders (18), labourer. Vine-street. Evesham, Herbert Sayer Johnson (15), labourer, Boat-lane, Evesham, were charged with stealing two bundles of twigs, value 3s. (from a field at Chadbury), belonging to George Baylis, market gardener, Littleworth-street, Evesham, on February 20th. Prisoners were further charged with stealing another two bundles, also belonging to Mr. Baylis on February 25th. Saunders was sentenced to one month's hard labour, and the Bench decided to send Johnson to a reformatory school for three years. | |
| 1 March 1899 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| 11 April 1899 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Johnson, Evesham | |