Joseph Platt - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 793 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Pale |
| Hair colour: | Black |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | None |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 19 December 1885 |
| Late residence: | 41 Joiners Square, Hanley |
| Parish he belongs to: | Hanley |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 20 November 1885; M Newman and E J Baxter; Hanley Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | William Platt |
| Occupation: | Furnace man |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Platt |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Treated kindly |
| Character of parents | Good character - honest and sober |
| Parents' wages: | 15s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s per week |
| Parents address: | 41 Joiners Square, Hanley |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | H Windle, Chief Constable, Hanley |
| Person making this return: | |
| Notes: | |
| 28 January 1888 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Platt was licensed to go out to work for Mr Ward, Yardley Road, Small Heath [now in Birmingham] | |
| 11 June 1889 In the Reformatory Committee Log Book report it is recorded that Platt is absent without leave, having left his situation in Small Heath and then taken to loafing about. | |
| 14 April 1890 The Log Book report records that Platt has been discharged from Saltley whilst out on licence due to expiration of sentence | |
| 9 December 1890 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter concerning Platt, from Manchester | |