Alexander Woodcock - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1271 |
| Age: | 14 (born 31 May 1886) |
| Whence received: | Newcastle under Lyme Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue mottled |
| Height: | 4 ft 8ΒΌ ins |
| Particular marks: | 4 vacc. [marks] left arm; 2 moles on back; cut across knuckle on right arm |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 2 May 1901 |
| Late residence: | Newcastle under Lyme Workhouse |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | This boy has been in the Newcastle and Stoke Workhouse for a number of years, during which period he has been the ringleader in all mischief. As he has no-one to look after him, the magistrates thought it best to send him to an institution, where he would be under proper discipline |
| Whether illegitimate: | Yes |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all, preparatory |
| Writes: | Not at all, preparatory |
| Offence: | Larceny |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Seems a vicious, bad lad |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 22 April 1901; J Gallimore and J Poole; Newcastle under Lyme Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Nil |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Charles Woodcock |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Woodcock |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Both dead |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | John Stirling |
| Notes: | |
| 27 April 1901 The crime that sent him to Saltley was briefly reported in the Newcastle Guardian and Silverdale, Chesterton and Audley Chronicle Saturday 27 April 1901 p.5 col. 3: BOY'S THEFT. - Alex. Woodcock, of Stoke, charged with stealing from a house in Northcote-place, on 20th inst., a pair of galoshes, valued at 2s., the property of Constance Simms, was found guilty, and sentenced to three years in a reformatory. | |
| 14 March 1904 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Woodcock was licensed to go out and work for the Manager, Craddick's Brickyard, Newcastle under Lyme | |
| 29 April 1904 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |