Thomas Henry Smith - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 513 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | - |
| Hair colour: | - |
| Eyes colour: | - |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 20 June 1874 4 year |
| Late residence: | Stoke on Trent |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Potter |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing clothing |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 19 May 1874, Burslem Police Court, H C Greenwood |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford County Prison |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Ann Smith |
| Occupation: | Potter |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | About 9s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | None |
| Parents address: | 3 Albert Street, Stoke on Trent |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 20 May 1874 There was a report of the offence in the Staffordshire Sentinel Wednesday 20 May 1874 p.2 col.4: UNFILIAL.- Thomas Henry Smith, fourteen pears of age, was charged with having stolen some wearing apparel belonging to his mother, a widow, who lives in Albert-street, Stoke. -It was stated by the young reprobate's mother that on the 13th inst., during her absence from home he took a dress from an upstairs room and pledged it at a shop in the town, for 5s. A pledge ticket relating to some other article which he had pawned was obtained from the pawnbhroker.-Chief Superintendent Oswell stated that Mrs. Smith had called to see him about her son, and she was anxious that he should be sent toa reformatory.-The magistrates committed the prisoner to gaol for a month, at the expiration of which term he will be taken to a reformatory. |
| 28 August 1881 I learn from the Superintendent of Police, Stoke on Trent that Smith is a painter and doing well in the town, Stoke on Trent |