Moses Palmer - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 180 |
| Date of admission: | 4 August 1860 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | Mole near right shoulder |
| Cutaneous disorder? | - |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 14 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | Tipton |
| Has resided: | Coppice Street, Tipton Green |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Tipton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | No particular work |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing coal |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Encouraged by his mother |
| Date of sentence: | 5 May 1860 |
| Where convicted: | West Bromwich |
| Where imprisoned: | House of Correction, Stafford |
| Sentence: | 3 months prison, 3 years detention at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Stealing coal (14 days prison) |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Mother's name: | Phoebe Palmer |
| Occupation: | None |
| Residence: | Coppice Street, Tipton Green, Tipton |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | Living with a man, Thomas Rowley, as man and wife |
| Parents dead? | Father has been dead several years |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Badly |
| Character of parents | Mother leads an irregular life |
| Parents' wages: | Mother earns sometimes 2s 6d a week at washing |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Nothing |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | James Adams, Inspector of Police, Horseley Heath, Tipton |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | 6 Aug 1863 - Discharged on expiration of term |
Notes:
| 7 June 1860 The Reformatory Minute Book reported: Mr Morgan laid applications before the Committee for the admission of three boys: Abberley [boy 174], Wheat [boy 173], and Palmer, and a letter from Mr Ratcliff as to admissions without any promise of payment by parents. |
| Resolved: that the applications with respect to the three boys in question be approved, and that they be admitted accordingly. |
| 6 August 1863 Returned to his mother on expiration of term. |
| 1 October 1863 Heard of doing well. |
| November 1864 Heard of doing well. |
| January 1865 Heard of doing well. |
| January 1866 Heard of doing well. |
| January 1867 Heard of doing well. |