James Ward - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 416 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Scar on left foot, mole on right arm |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 21 September 1869 5 years |
| Late residence: | Sun Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Pearl button maker and idling about |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | - |
| Writes: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 3 loaves of bread |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Loose company |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 8 September 1869, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley |
| Where imprisoned: | Borough Prison |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 3 days and whipped |
| For what: | Stealing coal |
| Father's name: | James Ward |
| Occupation: | Stamper |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother dead |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Fair |
| Character of parents | Honest and sober. Has 5 young children at home |
| Parents' wages: | 18s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 6d per week |
| Parents address: | 15 court 4 house Sun Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | G Glossop |
| Person making this return: | T C S Kynnersley |
Notes:
| 9 September 1869 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Thursday 9 September 1869 p.6 col.4: ROBBING A BAKER'S CART. --James Ward (13), Nichold's Yard, Sun Street, pearl button maker, and John Southall (12), 89, Morville Street, printer, were charged with stealing three loaves, value 9¾d., the property of Mr. Radford, baker, Great Colmore street, from a handcart, in the Carpenter Road. The prisoners admitted their guilt. Southall, who bore a good character, was discharged, but Ward, who had been previously convicted, was committed for fourteen days, and at the expiration of that time to be sent live years to a reformatory. |