John Powell - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 514 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Scar on left elbow |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 3 July 1874 5 years |
| Late residence: | 4 Chapel Place, Morville Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Electro plating |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Well |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a jacket |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 20 June 1874, Birmingham Police Court, W Holliday and J Jaffray |
| Where imprisoned: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | William Powell |
| Occupation: | Cabinet maker |
| Mother's name: | Harriet Powell |
| Occupation: | Paper box maker |
| Parents dead? | Father disappeared |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Kindly by mother |
| Character of parents | Mother good; father intemperate |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | |
| Parents address: | Mother: 4 Chapel Place, Morville Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 15 June 1874 There is a short report of the remand hearing in the Birmingham Daily Post Monday 15 June 1874 p.6 col.5: ROBBERY FROM A SCHOOL. - Henry Jenkins (12), zinc- worker, Morville Street, and John Powell (14), labourer, Morville Street, were charged with stealing four coats and a cloth cap, on the10th inst., from St. George's Schools, Beaufort Road, and belonging to Elizabeth Sumner, Osler Street; William Commander, St. Vincent Street; and Walter Butwell, of Harborne. -Jenkins was sent to Shustoke for four years, and the other prisoner was remanded for a week. [The committal proceedings were briefly reported in the Birmingham Daily Post Monday 22 June 1874 p.7 col.4] |
| April 1878 Licensed |
| 7 May 1881 Powell calls and says he is doing very well. Is earning good wages at a bedstead factory (Paton's). I liked his appearance very much. |