Harry Pembleton - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1224 |
| Age: | 12 (born 30 November 1887) |
| Whence received: | Nottingham, County Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh, mottled |
| Hair colour: | Dark |
| Eyes colour: | Bluish grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 4⅜ ins |
| Particular marks: | 4 vacc. marks left arm |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 7 April 1900 |
| Late residence: | - |
| Parish he belongs to: | Arnold, Nottinghamshire |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Schoolboy |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 1 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 1 |
| Offence: | Larceny of a watch |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Lack of parental control |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 7 April 1900; Albert Heyman; Nottingham County Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 (9 December 1899) |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | Stealing a watch |
| Father's name: | Albert Pembleton |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Susannah Pembleton |
| Occupation: | Charwoman |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Boy has been living with his grandfather |
| Character of parents | Not good |
| Parents' wages: | Not stated. Father has a diseased hip |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | Father - Arnold, Nottinghamshire; mother - Barford, Nottinghamshire |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent Harrop |
| Person making this return: | Superintendent Harrop |
| Notes: | |
| 11 June 1903 His father also got into trouble, as reported in the Nottingham Evening Post Thursday 11 June 1903 p.4 col.4: REFORMATORY SCHOOL ARREARS - Albert Pemberton [surname given thus], labourer, Ilkeston, was ordered to pay 2s. per week in respect of £8 3s. due to Saltley Reformatory School on account of his son Henry. | |
| 3 March 1904 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Pembleton was licensed to go out and work for Mr W Lowe, nurseryman, Beeston, Nottinghamshire | |
| 3 March 1904 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Pembleton was re-licensed to go out and work for the Manager, Stanton Ironworks, Ilkeston | |
| 6 April 1905 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |