Daniel Tyrrell - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 540 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Date of admission and term: | 19 August 1875 3 years |
| Late residence: | Hanley |
| Parish he belongs to: | Banbury |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Forge |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 19 July 1875, Hanley Petty Sessions, E F Bodley and E Powell |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Henry Hunt (stepfather) |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Hunt |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Own father |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, |
| Parents' wages: | Not able to work |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Nothing |
| Parents address: | 10 Lofthus Street, Hanley |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | none |
Noah Gilks - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 902 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Sallow |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Height: | 4 ft 7½ ins |
| Particular marks: | None |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Fairly so |
| Date of admission: | 21 January 1889 |
| Late residence: | 4 Edge Street, Wallbrook, Bilston, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wallbrook? [question mark in original] |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Gathering scraps at Mr Enoch Gettins', Bilston |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Very imperfectly |
| Writes: | Very imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a piece of leather and a hammer |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Lack of control on part of parents |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 8 January 1889; N C A Neville; Bilston Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | Discharged with a caution |
| For what: | Stealing coal |
| Father's name: | George Gilks |
| Occupation: | Labourer at an ironworks |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Gilks |
| Occupation: | (A cripple since 9 years) |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Apparently good |
| Character of parents | Nothing reported against |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not yet assessed |
| Parents address: | 4 Edge Street, Wallbrook, Bilston, Staffordshire |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent Longden |
| Person making this return: | H F F [Harry F Fish, Superintendent of the Reformatory?] |
| Notes: | |
| 8 January 1889 There is a report of the crime in the Wolverhampton Express and Star Tuesday 8 January 1889 p.3 col.3: BILSTON. - "AN ACCOMPLISHED YOUNG THIEF." At this Court, before the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. N. C. A. Neville), Noah Gilks (I4) of Edge-street, Coseley, was charged with stealing a piece of leather and a hammer, value 4s., the property of William Green, shoemaker, Edge-street. - Prosecutor stated that on the 5th inst. he left his workshop locked up. On the 7th he found that it had been unlocked, and the articles taken. Sergeant Ellis said he went to the house of prisoner's father and found the hammer in a drawer. Prisoner took the leather from the back of the drawer and gave it to Police-constable Slater. - Witness found a bull's eye lantern in the same drawer with a piece of candle in it. On going upstairs prisoner handed witness a key saying "that is what I opened the door with." - Prisoner was further charged with stealing a fowl, the property of Robert Bayley, of 4, Hound's Hill, Coseley. On the 28th of December he put the fowls in the pen. The next morning he found that one was missing. William Green, the prosecutor in the first charge, said defendant sold the fowl for 2s. Sergeant Ellis said that when he charged the prisoner with stealing the fowl he pointed to some bones, when prisoner said, "That I had from Jem Hewitt's, my dad picked it and burnt the feather, and head." The Stipendiary described prisoner as an accomplished young thief, and sentenced him to fourteen days' imprisonment with hard labour and five years in a reformatory. | |
| 6 February 1890 The Medical Officer reported: Influenza | |
| 4 August 1890 The Medical Officer reported: Corneal ulcer, better by 8 August | |
| 21 June 1892 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Gilks was licensed to work for Mr French, New Bridge, Yardley Road, Yardley | |
| 4 January 1893 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records that Gilks has returned to the School from on licence | |
| 13 May 1893 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Gilks was licensed to work for Mr Horton, Manchester | |
| 20 January 1894 Sentence expired whilst on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 8 June 1897 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Gilks, Baguley, Cheshire. (Working at a stud farm. Seems more settled than formerly) | |
| 8 December 1896 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Gilks, gardener etc, Timperley, Cheshire. (Says that he is doing well as coachman and gardener. Speaks of wet harvest in Cheshire. Saw J W Jones [boy 834] | |
William Henry Sheldon aka Richards - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1158 |
| Age: | 13 years 11 months |
| Whence received: | Lichfield |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Slightly sallow |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 7 ins |
| Particular marks: | Prominent upper lip, scar top of right knee, scar under left knee |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 3 July 1897 |
| Late residence: | Lichfield Truant School |
| Parish he belongs to: | Lichfield |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Whether illegitimate: | Yes |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 3 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 3 |
| Offence: | Stealing clothes and money and absconding from truant school |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 3 July 1897; John Fowler, Mayor, and Thomas Walmesley; Lichfield |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 (11 January 1897) |
| Length: | 1 day and 10 strokes with birch |
| For what: | Stealing 4 lbs of potatoes |
| Father's name: | Ezekiel Richards (step-father) |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Fanny Richards |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 8 Mayers Green, West Bromwich |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | George R Palliner |
| Notes: | |
| 2 July 1900 Discharged from Saltley by Order of the Home Secretary on account of enlisting in the Liverpool Regiment | |
| No. in Admissions Register: | 413 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Mole on right shoulder |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 25 August 1869 5 years |
| Late residence: | Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing a window blind |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 12 August 1869, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley Esq |
| Where imprisoned: | Borough Prison |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | William Cotter |
| Occupation: | Packer |
| Mother's name: | Lucy Cotter |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 24s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s 6d |
| Parents address: | Grettons Buildings, St Marks Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 13 August 1869 There is a brief report of the offence in the Birmingham Daily Gazette Friday 13 August 1869 p.4 col.6: A BAD BOY.- William Cottar (14) [surname spelled this], court, Saint Mark Street, was charged with stealing a window blind and curtain, value 2s. 8d., the property of his father, William Cottar.-The prisoner was sent to prison for fourteen days, and the end of that time he will be taken to Saltley Reformatory for five years. |
Henry Martindale - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 341 |
| Date of admission: | 11 September 1866 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | - |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | Not apparent |
| Subject to fits? | Not |
| Age last birthday: | 14 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Newcastle, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Newcastle |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nail and ring |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing lead and glass |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 11 June 1866 |
| Where convicted: | Newcastle |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 3 months prison, 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Stealing a vest (whipping) |
| Father's name: | Thomas Martindale |
| Occupation: | Nailer |
| Residence: | Market Street, Newcastle under Lyme |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | Drunken |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Not |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | 21s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d per week |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | J Williams, Newcastle |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | 10 Sep 1869 discharged on expiration of sentence |
Notes:
| 16 June 1866 There is a short report of the crime in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 16 June 1866 p.7 col.5: A REMARKABLE YOUNG THIEF.- Henry Martindale. aged 14, pleaded guilty to a charge of having stolen a quantity of lead. The value of the lead was stated to be only 3d., but in order to get it the thief had to take 40 squares of glass out of one window, and four out of another. He also took out a window frame at the house of Mr. J. Wilkes, near the Sutherland Arms Inn. The youth has been previously sent to prison. He was ordered to be again imprisoned three months, and sent to a reformatory for three years. |
| 10 September 1869 Discharged |
| October 1870 Doing well at Newcastle |