James Burridge - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 803 |
| Age: | 15 years 2 months |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | - |
| Particular marks: | WT[and symbol] on right arm, WHS left [symbol looks like a hyphen with two horizontal dots above the line and two dots below] |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Slender |
| Date of admission: | 15 February 1886 |
| Late residence: | 47 Tyndall Street, Parade, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Brass filing (Barwell & Co, Clement Street, Parade, Birmingham) |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, 3rd Standard |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, 3rd Standard |
| Offence: | Stealing a watch and two chains from his step-father's box |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad associations and a drunken step-father |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 16 January 1886; Henry Manton and G B Lloyd; Birmingham Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 (December 1885) |
| Length: | 6 weeks hard labour in Birmingham Prison |
| For what: | Assault |
| Father's name: | William Baker (step-father) |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Baker |
| Occupation: | Solderer |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | Tes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Boy says father is a drunken man |
| Character of parents | Reported fairly good???[question marks as original]. See above |
| Parents' wages: | Step-father 20s per week, mother 12s |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not assessed |
| Parents address: | 47 Tyndall Street, Parade, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent Wilcox, Council House, Birmingham |
| Person making this return: | Mr Elliott, H M Prison Birmingham |
| Notes: | |
| 10 March 1886 Plotting to abscond. A very bad lad | |
| 17 April 1888 Formally discharged from Saltley on account of emigrating to Ottawa, Canada, along with Allen [boy 769] and Edge [boy 757] | |
| 14 April 1890 The Reformatory Committee Log book report records receipt of a letter from Burridge, Woolwich | |
| 3 February 1894 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Burridge, Cork, Ireland | |