Thomas Henry Hughes - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1269 |
| Age: | 14 (born 19 June 1886) |
| Whence received: | Liverpool Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey mottled |
| Height: | 4 ft 11⅞ ins |
| Particular marks: | 4 recent vacc. marks; mole inside left thigh; 2 scars left foreleg |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 1 May 1901 |
| Late residence: | 29 Bessemer Street, Liverpool |
| Parish he belongs to: | |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Was admitted to the Seaman's Orphanage, Liverpool, when 9 years old and left last June. Since worked casually about the docks, turning on steam, etc |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 3 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 3 |
| Offence: | Larceny |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Father dead and mother goes out charing |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 1 May 1901; Deputy Stipendiary; Liverpool Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | Detained at Saltley until 19 years of age |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | Stealing timber |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Annie Hughes, widow |
| Occupation: | Charwoman |
| Parents dead? | Father (5 years) |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Poor but apparently respectable |
| Parents' wages: | Small |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 29 Bessemer Street, Liverpool |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Chief Constable, Liverpool |
| Person making this return: | J McCoy, Inspector |
| Notes: | |
| 16 June 1902 The Medical Officer reported: Scalded forearm, getting better by 23 June | |
| 18 January 1904 The Register of Boys on Licence records that with the assistance of the Captain of the Seaman's Orphanage, Liverpool, Hughes, who had been employed as houseboy at the Reformatory, has secured the berth of 2nd Steward of the SS Nigeria, and is heading, out on licence, for the West Coast of Africa. In May 1904 he seems to be on the Myanga | |
| 18 June 1905 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, formally discharged from Saltley | |