David John Elwell - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 784 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | None |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Slender |
| Date of admission: | 5 November 1885 |
| Late residence: | 10 Bath Street, Sedgley |
| Parish he belongs to: | Dudley |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Has been employed on the N. W. Canal as a bargee's boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a suit of clothes |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 5 October 1885; F A Homer and W Griffiths; Sedgley Court of summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | - |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | John Elwell |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Hannah Elwell |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Both |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | W Whaley, Justices Clerk, Sedgley |
| Notes: | |
| 4 October 1884 The boy appeared in the Wellington Journal Saturday 4 October 1884 p.5 col.3: ORDER OF REMOVAL. - Mr. W. I. Bull, clerk to the Oswestry Incorporation, applied for an order of removal of David John Elwell from the Oswestry Union to that of Dudley. - Mr. George Fulcher, master of the Oswestry Union, was present, produced the books, and gave an account of the history of the boy whilst in his Union. It appears that the boy was left by his father In charge of a canal boat keeper, Wolverhampton. The boy followed the boat until it came to St. Martins Moors, and then because the boatman was too poor to keep him, he ran away from him and came to Oswestry. - The application was granted. | |
| 6 October 1885 There was a report of his crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Tuesday 6 October 1885 p.8 col.6: SEDGLEY. AN INCORRIGIBLE. - At the same court, John David Elwell (13), an inmate of the workhouse, was charged with absconding and taking with him the workhouse clothing. - Mr. Frizelle, the schoolmaster at the workhouse, stated that the boy ran away from the school, talking with him a younger boy. - Mr. Jones, the master of the house, said the defendant was unmanageable, and was in the habit of playing cruel practical jokes on younger boys. - The prisoner was sent to gaol for one month, and then to a reformatory for five years. | |
| 31 January 1889 The Register of Boys on Licence reports that Elwell was licensed to go out and work for Mr Swinford, Spring Vale, Staffordshire | |
| 9 July 1889 The Register of Boys on Licence reports that Elwell was Licensed to go out and work for H Granger, Gloucester | |
| 13 November 1889 Discharged from Saltley by order of the Home Secretary. The Reformatory had asked for their early release owing to his excellent behaviour and good reports whilst out on licence | |
Mallinson Lodge - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1040 |
| Age: | 12 (10 June 1881) |
| Whence received: | Holmfirth Police Station |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Dark grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 8¾ ins |
| Particular marks: | Scar left side of head |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 2 November 1893 |
| Late residence: | Back Lane, Holmfirth |
| Parish he belongs to: | Holmfirth |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Shopbreaking, and stealing goods therefrom |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Lack of parental care |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 1 November 1893; Cookson Stephenson and Henry Butterworth; Holmfirth Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Wakefield |
| Sentence: | 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 (10 June 1892) |
| Length: | 10 strokes |
| For what: | Larceny |
| Father's name: | Allan Lodge |
| Occupation: | Convict |
| Mother's name: | Mary Lodge |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Bad |
| Character of parents | Father is now undergoing a term of 5 years penal servitude for committing a rape upon his daughter on 10 October 1892. There is a brother in a reformatory and one in an industrial school |
| Parents' wages: | Mother in receipt of parish relief |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | Back Lane, Holmfirth |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | Cookson Stephenson |
| Notes: | |
| The Admissions Register has his first name as "Mallison" | |
| 8 December 1892 There is a very brief report of the father's crime in the York Herald Thursday 8 December 1892: AN INHUMAN FATHER. - Allan Lodge (49), weaver), pleaded guilty to an indictment of rape upon his daughter, Alice Emma Lodge, at Holmfirth, on the 10th Oct. The Recorder commented strongly on the case, and sentenced the prisoner to five years' penal servitude. | |
| 4 November 1893 There is a report of the offence which sent him to Saltley, and another charged at the same time, in the Huddersfield Daily Examiner Saturday 4 November 1893 p.10 cols. 4-5: "THE FORTY GANG." [a notorious Yorkshire gang of young thieves]- ANOTHER INSTALMENT SENT TO REFORMATORY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. - Mallinson Lodge, aged twelve years, schoolboy, was brought up in custody charged with being on premises for an unlawful purpose. - Geo. William Riley said on Monday he locked up his shoe shop at 3 p.m., and left all secure, and, returning in about an hour. saw someone moving about in the cellar with a lighted match in his hand. He called Isaac Sykes to watch the grate, and he went into the shop and brought the prisoner out of the cellar and sent for the police. There was nothing missing from the shop. The prisoner gave an evasive reply when questioned as to what be was doing there. - The Bench asked the age of the prisoner, and the mother said he was twelve years last June. - The lad had nothing to ask the complainant. Police-constable Chatterton stated that a little after nine o'clock. from Information received, he went to Mr. Riley's shop and there apprehended the prisoner, and after taking him to the police station charged him, and he made an evasive reply. - The prisoner and his brother George Allen, aged ten years, were then charged with breaking into and entering a lock-up shop at Victoria Street, Holmfirth, belonging to Mr. Short, and stealing therefrom a pair of braces and a collar. - The cornplainant (Herbert Shore) said he locked up the shop securely as usual on Saturday night at eleven o'clock, and on Monday morning, about 8.30, when he opened the door he noticed collar boxes and other packages disarranged. and on going into the cellar found a window pane broken - opposite to the window fastener, but the window was fastened. He identified the goods produced by Inspector Calcraft as his property. and said the braces were worth 6½d., and the collar 4½d. He imagined that the lads broke the window pane, and then unfastened the large window, which was a swing one, and so gained entrance, and on leaving fastened it again. He had missed two pairs of braces and some collars and fronts, but the collar and braces produced were all that had been recovered. - Police-constable Chatterton said he had the elder prisoner in custody on another charge, and on searching him found that he was wearing the braces and collar (produced), and knowing that a robbery had been reported at Mr. Shore's shop, he charged the prisoner with stealing the goods, and he replied that "My brother George threw a stone at the window, and then he went in, and I stopped outside, and George gave me the braces and kept the collar for himself." - In answer to the Bench, George had not been apprehended then. At ten pm he went to their house, in Back Lane, and apprehended George Allen, and charged him, and he replied that it was his brother Mallinson that took them, and gave the collar to him. The elder lad said he would prefer to be dealt with by the Bench, and the mother also expressed the same wish. The little lad George said he did not take the things, but he went into the shop; and Mallinson said he was guilty, in reply to the Bench. - The Chairman : I think that Mallinson I have seen before. Inspector Calcraft: Yes, he was before you on the 10th June. 1891 and sentenced to six strokes with a birch rod for stealing a wheelbarrow. - The elder lad was sent to a reformatory for four years, and the younger to an industrial school until he is sixteen years of age, and they were both sent to the workhouse until proper schools could be found for them. - The mother said it was not right for the Bench to send them, as they did not learn anything good there. She had had one at home for a week that had been there, and he had learnt "nowt good." - Inspector Calcraft : He is a sharp lad now. - The mother : But he has a bad tongue, he can use some language he could not before he went. - The inspector now informed the Bench that the eider brother of the two prisoners was in a reformatory, and was working out under license when he ran off and came to Holmfirth. where he was apprehended and taken back. - The mother again protested that the lade should not be taken away and punished so severely. - The Chairman said it was no punishment, for they had power to have sent them to prison. It's the beat thing for them and for yourself. - The mother : It's a shame. - The Bench: It's a great shame you should have brought the children up as you have done. - The lads were then taken from the court | |
| 18 April 1896 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Lodge was licensed to go out and work for Mr Childs, Rock Farm, Haverfordwest | |
| 31 August 1897 Returned to Saltley from out on licence [no reason given] | |
| 1 November 1897 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
Frederick Barrett - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1295 |
| Age: | 12 (born 18 April 1889) |
| Whence received: | Northampton Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Height: | 4 ft 5 ins |
| Particular marks: | 2 small scars right side of head; scar on the front of lower part of right leg |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 21 January 1902 |
| Late residence: | 31 Talbot Road, Northampton |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Schoolboy |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 4 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 4 |
| Offence: | Larceny from shop |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Lack of parental control |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 17 January 1902; F G Adnill; Northampton Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Workhouse |
| Sentence: | 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 4 |
| Length: | 1) Fined; 2) birched, 3 strokes; 3) birched, 6 strokes; 4) birched, 12 strokes |
| For what: | 1) Wilful damage; 2) larceny of goods; 3) larceny of goods; 4) larceny of money from till |
| Father's name: | William Allen Barrett |
| Occupation: | Shoe laster |
| Mother's name: | Annie Maria Barratt |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | To be assessed |
| Parents address: | 31 Talbot Road, Northampton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Chief Constable, Northampton |
| Person making this return: | F H Maidlin, Chief Constable |
| Notes: | |
| 3 January 1902 A previous offence was reported in the Northampton Mercury Friday 3 January 1902 p.5 col.4: Till Robbery. - Frederick Underwood (12), schoolboy, 36, Market-street; Frederick Barratt (12), schoolboy, 21, Talbot-road; James Loakes (12), schoolboy, 69, Market-street; and John Perrin (11), schoolboy, 13, Overstone-road, were jointly charged with stealing, about 10.45 a.m. on Wednesday, the 1st inst., from a till in the shop of Thos. Palmer, 238, Wellingborough-road, the sum of 1s. 9d. in silver. - Mr. A. J. Darnell appeared for Underwood and Loakes. - Mrs. Lily Palmer, wife of the prosecutor, deposed to seeing two boys run out of the shop. Afterwards she missed the money. - Edwin Ellard, a lad in the employ of the prosecutor, deposed that Barratt and Perrin were the lads who ran out of the shop. Loakes and Underwood were some distance from the shop and "appeared to be looking for Barratt and Perrin." - P.S. Thurley deposed arresting the lads and charging them with the theft. Underwood said that he and Loakes stood outside while Barratt and Perrin entered the shop, but he did not have any of the money. Barratt said that he took the money and divided it with Perrin. Afterwards they each gave Loakes a penny and some cigarettes. Underwood did not have any money. Perrin made a statement similar to that of Barratt, and Loakes admitted having a penny each from Barratt and Perrin. When he heard that the police were enquiring into the case he tried to find Barratt and Perrin to return the money. - Barratt and Perrin pleaded guilty, and Underwood and Loakes not guilty. - Mr. Darnell said that he thought he might rely on the evidence of the prosecution for the dismissal of his clients. Loakes, as soon as he heard the money was stolen, refused to have it. Neither of his clients had been previously charged. - The Chief Constable said that there were three previous convictions against Barratt. - The Mayor said that Underwood and Loakes had been dangerously near to getting into trouble, but there was not sufficient evidence to convict, and they would be discharged. Barratt would be imprisoned for one day and receive ten strokes with the birch-rod, while Perrin would receive five strokes. | |
| 3 January 1902 Another previous offence was reported in the Northampton Mercury Friday 3 January 1902 p.5 col.4: Till Robbery. - Frederick Underwood (12), schoolboy, 36, Market-street; Frederick Barratt (12), schoolboy, 21, Talbot-road; James Loakes (12), schoolboy, 69, Market-street; and John Perrin (11), schoolboy, 13, Overstone-road, were jointly charged with stealing, about 10.45 a.m. on Wednesday, the 1st inst., from a till in the shop of Thos. Palmer, 238, Wellingborough-road, the sum of 1s. 9d. in silver. - Mr. A. J. Darnell appeared for Underwood and Loakes. - Mrs. Lily Palmer, wife of the prosecutor, deposed to seeing two boys run out of the shop. Afterwards she missed the money. - Edwin Ellard, a lad in the employ of the prosecutor, deposed that Barratt and Perrin were the lads who ran out of the shop. Loakes and Underwood were some distance from the shop and "appeared to be looking for Barratt and Perrin." - P.S. Thurley deposed to arresting the lads and charging them with the theft. Underwood said that he and Loakes stood outside while Barratt and Perrin entered the shop, but he did not have any of the money. Barratt said that he took the money and divided it with Perrin. Afterwards they each gave Loakes a penny and some cigarettes. Underwood did not have any money. Perrin made a statement similar to that of Barratt, and Loakes admitted having a penny each from Barratt and Perrin. When he heard that the police were enquiring into the case he tried to find Barratt and Perrin to return the money. - Barratt and Perrin pleaded guilty, and Underwood and Loakes not guilty. - Mr. Darnell said that he thought he might rely on the evidence of the prosecution for the dismissal of his clients. Loakes, as soon as he heard the money was stolen, refused to have it. Neither of his clients had been previously charged. - The Chief Constable said that there were three previous convictions against Barratt. - The Mayor said that Underwood and Loakes had been dangerously near to getting into trouble, but there was not sufficient evidence to convict, and they would be discharged. Barratt would be imprisoned for one day and receive ten strokes with the birch-rod, while Perrin would receive five strokes. | |
| 17 January 1902 The crime that sent him to Saltley was reported in the Northampton Mercury Friday 17 January 1902 p.5 col.3: Shop Robbery by Lads. - Frederick Barratt (12), schoolboy, 21. Talbot-road. and Robert Jones (9). schoolboy, 80, Cloutsham-street, were jointly charged with stealing, about 8.20 p.m.. on Tuesday, the 14th inst., from inside the shop of Arthur Hornsey, provision dealer, 18, Perry-street, one box of cigarettes and 11d., together of the value of 3s. 8d. - The case against Barratt was heard on Wednesday, and he was then remanded in order that another lad with whom he was seen dividing the cigarettes might be arrested. - The evidence given on Wednesday was repeated, and in addition, Inspector Collings deposed that when he charged the lads together on Wednesday afternoon Jones said he took the money from the till and divided it with Barratt, who took the cigarettes, but they were not divided between them. - Barratt strongly denied the theft, but Jones asserted that Barratt took the cigarettes while he (Jones) took the money. - The Chief Constable said that Barratt had been four times convicted, the last conviction being on the 8th of January, and Jones had been before the magistrates once and discharged on account of his tender age. Three of Jones's brothers had been sent to a Reformatory School. - Barratt was ordered to be sent to a Reformatory for four years, and Jones was ordered to be detained in custody until six o'clock and to receive three strokes with the birch-rod. | |
| 6 September 1904 Discharged from Saltley by Order of the Home Secretary on account of enlisting. The Log Book records: I received a letter from the Bandmaster of the Warwickshire Regiment stationed at Devonport offering to take 2 of our boys in his band, and on the recommendation of Lord Norton. I sent him Frank Odell [boy 1288] and F Barratt. I obtained the sanction of the parents to the enlistment of these boys and the Home Secretary granted their discharge | |
| 11 October 1904 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Barratt, Portland | |
| No. in Admissions Register: | 696 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Pale |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Scar side of forehead |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 21 April 1882 |
| Late residence: | 5 court 1 house back of 47 Lombard Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Schoolboy |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | 3rd Standard |
| Writes: | 3rd Standard |
| Offence: | Intent to commit felony |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Keeping bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 5 April 1882; Thomas Avery and G B Lloyd |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 1) 1 day in the workhouse; 2) 7 days in the workhouse |
| For what: | Stealing a key [only offence listed] |
| Father's name: | William Bardell |
| Occupation: | Tinplate worker |
| Mother's name: | Susan Bardell |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Not known |
| Parents' wages: | Not known. The boy says the father earns from 26s to £2 per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | No order made |
| Parents address: | 5 court 1 house back of 47 Lombard Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | W Winford for the Governor, H M Prison Birmingham |
Notes:
Henry Healey - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 542 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | Stafford County Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | - |
| Hair colour: | - |
| Eyes colour: | - |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Date of admission and term: | 8 March 1876 3 years |
| Late residence: | Hanley |
| Parish he belongs to: | Hanley |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Miner |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Rogue and vagabond |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 9 February 1876, Hanley Petty Sessions, G Ridgway and O Lodge |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Theresa Healey |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 26s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s per week |
| Parents address: | 10 Nelson Place, Hanley |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Herbert Windle, Hanley |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
None