Joseph Harold Fenton - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1279 |
| Age: | 13 (born 19 January 1888) |
| Whence received: | Handsworth Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey mottled |
| Height: | 4 ft 6 ins |
| Particular marks: | Several ink marks or dots on right forearm and indistinct JF on left forearm |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 26 July 1901 |
| Late residence: | 177 Farm Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil. An associate of young thieves |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 4 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 4 |
| Offence: | Stealing 2 pairs of boots |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not under proper parental control |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 26 July 1901; J H Wilkinson and T Wells; Handsworth Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 1) (2 September 1899) -; 2) (4 March 1901) - |
| For what: | 1) Wilful damage; 2) larceny |
| Father's name: | Charles Felton |
| Occupation: | Cycle worker |
| Mother's name: | Louisa Felton |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | Not stated |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not yet assessed |
| Parents address: | 177 Farm Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent Ainsworth, Handsworth |
| Person making this return: | J Ainsworth, Superintendent of Police |
| Notes: | |
| 1 March 1904 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Felton was licensed to go out and work for Mr Brown, Manor Farm, Bredon, near Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, in July the address is given as Mr Brown, Bredons Norton, Worcestershire | |
| 25 July 1905 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |