Joseph Ralph - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 520 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Wound mark under left lower jaw |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 8 August 1874 3 years |
| Late residence: | Prince's End, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Tipton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Miner |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing coal |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 10 July 1874, Bilston Petty Sessions, H Ward and W Hatton |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford County Prison |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Four |
| Length: | 14 days each |
| For what: | All for vagrancy |
| Father's name: | Henry Ralph |
| Occupation: | Moulder |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 30s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s per week |
| Parents address: | Tipton Terrace, Prince's End |
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Superintendent of police (to collect payments: |
- |
| Person making this return: | - |
| When and how left reformatory: | 14 Feb 1875 - Joseph died during a "fainting fit" |
Notes:
| 19 January 1875 Ill |
| 25 January 1875 Much better |
| 14 February 1875 Died, apparently in a fainting fit |
| 17 February Fetched away by his friends. There is a receipt attached to the Admissions Register: Received from the Superintendent of Saltley Reformatory the body of Joseph Ralph, this 17th day of February 1875. X the mark of Thomas Cox for Henry Ralph. Witness: John Parsons |