Joseph Harrison - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 671 |
| Age: | 11 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Derby |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | Long |
| Particular marks: | Scar on right side of chin |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 2 July 1881 |
| Late residence: | |
| Parish he belongs to: | Sturston |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Labourer |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 19 eggs |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Encouraged by his mother, the boy is badly disposed |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 18 June 1881; Sir W Fitzgerald and C B Kingdom; Ashbourbe |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Derby |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Nil |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | James Harrison |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Mary Harrison |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Both living |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Father corrected him and endeavoured to make him go to school |
| Character of parents |
Father convicted 29 times of different offences (not larceny) and is of intemperate habits. Apparently good health. |
| Parents' wages: | Cannot say. He gets his living by poaching, fishing, etc |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Father engages to pay 1s per week and says it is impossible for him to pay more |
| Parents address: | James Harrison, Old Hill, Ashbourne, Derbyshire |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | John McDonald, Superintendent of Police, Ashbourne, Derbyshire |
| Person making this return: | John McDonald, Superintendent of Police, Ashbourne, Derbyshire |
Notes:
| 25 June 1881 There is a report of the offence in the Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald 25 June 1881 p.3 col.5: A JUVENILE OFFENDER. - Joseph Harrison, aged 11, was charged with stealing nineteen hen eggs, the property of Mr R Holland. - Eggs had been missed several times from a building called Heron's Barn, where poultry are kept, and which is always kept locked, and an entry had been effected through a small hole four feet from the ground. - Evidence was given children who had seen the prisoner take eggs to his parent's house. - The lad pleaded guilty and was sentenced to fourteen days' hard labour, and then to be sent to a reformatory school for four years. |
| 3 August 1881 8 strokes for pilfering (see Punishment Book) |