William Howe - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1129 |
| Age: | 14ΒΌ (born 27 December 1881) |
| Whence received: | Leek Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Height: | 5 ft 0 ins |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 27 March 1896 |
| Late residence: | 6 Union Street, Leek |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Hawking coal bricks. See Form of Particulars [not attached] |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 3 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 3 |
| Offence: | Stealing from a shop - 13s 6d in money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Mother desertion, and probably encouraged the boy to steal |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 25 March 1896; H sleigh and John Hall; Leek Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | Detained at Saltley until 19 years of age |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Nil |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | William Henry Howe |
| Occupation: | Caretaker of a chapel |
| Mother's name: | Jane Howe |
| Occupation: | No particular calling |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Father good. Mother drunken and has probably had the money stolen for drink |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s per week |
| Parents address: | 6 Union Street, Leek |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | Thomas Slater, Magistrates' Clerk |
| Notes: | |
| 28 December 1897 The Medical Officer reported: Abscess in cheek | |
| 5 May 1900 Discharged from Saltley by Order of the Home Secretary on account of enlisting in the North Staffordshire Regiment | |
| 11 December 1900 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Howe, Lichfield | |
| 14 October 1902 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Howe, Lichfield | |
| 9 December 1902 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Howe, The Barracks, Lichfield | |