John Golden - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 798 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | - |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Dark |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Mole on chest |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 3 February 1886. [A note at the end of the entry in the Admissions Register reads: it is hoped that this boy can be accessed into Saltley Reformatory on the usual terms and conditions] |
| Late residence: | 3 house 4 court Haise(?) Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Labourer |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a dead tame fowl |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad companionship, etc |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 21 January 1886; John Cheshire and Charles T Parsons; Birmingham Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 14 days hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | |
| Length: | 5 years Chastoke Industrial School [should be Shustoke, Warwickshire] |
| For what: | Playing truant |
| Father's name: | Abraham Golden |
| Occupation: | Toolmaker |
| Mother's name: | Sara Golden |
| Occupation: | |
| Parents dead? | Mother left father 6 years ago and has not [heard] of her since |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Not known |
| Character of parents | Fairly respectable |
| Parents' wages: | Father earns about 25s weekly |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not assessed |
| Parents address: | 3 house 4 court Haise(?) Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent Wilcox, Council House, Birmingham |
| Person making this return: | M Elliott |
| Notes: | |
| [A medical form attached to the Admissions Register issued by John Watson the Medical Officer of Birmingham Prison gives the boy a clean bill of health, other than noting that he had had cowpox] | |
| 20 April 1888 Formally discharged from Saltley on account of emigrating to Ottawa, Canada, along with Short [boy 776] and Stonier [boy 785] | |
| 14 August 1888 The Log book report records receipt of a letter from Golden [spelled Goulden], New Edinburgh, Ontario | |
| 9 December 1890 The Log Book report records receipt of another letter from Golden [again spelled Goulden], Montana, USA | |
| 14 April 1891 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Golden, Montana, USA | |