Martin Palmer - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 406 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Two scars on right breat |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 3 July 1869 4 years |
| Late residence: | Shakespear Road, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Pearl button maker |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing 12 neckties |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 4 June 1869, Police Court, J D Goodman and J Sturge. |
| Where imprisoned: | Borough Gaol, Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | William Palmer |
| Occupation: | Wood turner |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Palmer |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 24s a week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Has a large family – 6 younger than this – and could not well pay more than 1s per week |
| Parents address: | Shakespear Road, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | G Glossop - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 3 June 1881 Has been seen by Mee [boy 400] who says he is working at a baker's shop in Smallbrook Street. Birmingham. See folio [entry] for boy 400. |
| 25 May 1882 Calls in company with Mee |