John Kendrick - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 567 |
| Age: | 10 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 1 December 1876 3 years |
| Late residence: | Dudley Wood, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Rowley Regis |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| 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: | 1 November 1876, Old Hill Petty Sessions, N Hingley and W Bassano |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford County Prison |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | One |
| Length: | Ten strokes |
| For what: | Stealing boots |
| Father's name: | Joseph Kendrick |
| Occupation: | Chain maker |
| Mother's name: | Jane Kendrick |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Not |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Health good but character indifferent |
| Parents' wages: | About £1 per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d per week |
| Parents address: | Dudley Wood, Cradley Heath |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 4 November 1876 There is a report of the crime in the Dudley Herald Saturday 4 November 1867 p.3 col.2: A YOUNG THIEF. -At the Polios Court, Wednesday, before N. Hingley and W. Bassano, Esqrs., a boy named John Kendrick (10). was brought up on the charge of stealing £2 18s. from a shop till. The prosecutor was James Mason, pork butcher, of Five Ways, Cradley Heath. On the morning of Thursday last he left about £4 in his shop till daring an absence of about ten minutes. When he returned the till was on the floor of the shop, and £2 10s. was gone. Suspecting the prisoner, he went to his home and saw him, but the boy tried to lay the theft upon some other boys, who were innocent. He afterwards, however, became frightened, and took the prosecutor to a place where £1 7s. 6d. was hid in an old basket among the rubbish in the warehouse. On being taken into custody he said he spent some of the money at Quarry Bank, and was also robbed of part it by a boy. In May last he was whipped by order of the Bench for stealing.-The magistrates now sentenced him to a month's imprisonment and three years in a reformatory. |
Thomas Herbert Teague - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 589 |
| Age: | 11 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 8 December 1877 5 years |
| Late residence: | Silverdale, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wolstanton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | In workhouse |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Setting fire to hayrick |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 9 November 1877, Stoke Petty Sessions, H C Greenwoord |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Henry Teague |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Deserted them |
| Character of parents | Bad |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | Gone and unknown |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 12 November 1877 There is a report of the offence in the Staffordshire Sentinel Monday 12 November 1877 p.3 col.3: JUVENILE INCENDIARY. - Thomas Teague, a boy, was charged with setting a haystack on fire, on the 2nd inst. -Mary Ann Potts, the complainant, proved the case, and said the damage would be about £6.-Corroborative evidence was given, which showed that the boy was incorrigible. He had been an inmate of the Workhouse for fifteen months, and had absconded from that house some time back. In answer to the Bench, prisoner said he set the stack on fire "to warm himself," and his reason for running away from the workhouse was because "the other boys was always on to him." The Bench remarked that they thought the youth was incorrigible, and they would send him to prison for one month, after the expiration of which time he would be sent to a reformatory for five years. |
| 5 April 1881 Short allowance of food teatime for indecent conduct |
| 3 May 1882 Grumbles because Cumberbatch [boy 615] leaves before him. Gave him a good reprimand |
| 13 November 1882 Licensed to Mr Gardner, Conybere Street, Birmingham |
William Hems - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 856 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Red |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 6½ ins |
| Particular marks: | Cut near centre of forehead |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Slender |
| Date of admission: | 9 September 1887 |
| Late residence: | Richard Street South, West Bromwich |
| Parish he belongs to: | West Bromwich |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a purse and 3 pence |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 27 August 1887; A C G Calthorpe; West Bromwich Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 14 days hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Nil |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Henry Hems |
| Occupation: | Labourer (a cripple) |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Hems |
| Occupation: | Charwoman |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Boy says "Well treated" |
| Character of parents | Good. Father takes more drink than is necessary now and then, when it is given him |
| Parents' wages: | Very precarious. Father earns a trifle now and again by carrying parcels. Mother works as a charwoman. There are 4 other children at home younger than this lad, and it is a mystery how they manage to live |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | The father says that he is unable to pay anything. He has no regular employment, and is not likely to have any, because of his being a cripple of his right hand. It would be useless to expect him to pay. |
| Parents address: | Richard Street South, West Bromwich |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments) | Thomas Whitehouse, Superintendent of Police, West Bromwich |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 27 August 1887 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Mail Saturday 27 August 1887 p.3 col.5: THEFT AT WEST BROMWICH. - At the West Bromwich Police Court to-day, William Hems (!4), of Richard Street, South Smethwick, was charged with stealing 3d. from the person of Lydia Lloyd, on the 21st. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutrix was proceeding on errand, when the prisoner took the money from a basket which she was carrying- Prisoner was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment and five years in a reformatory. | |
| 14 April 1890 The Reformatory Committee Log Book reports that Hems was discharged early from Saltley by order of the Home Secretary, on account of his emigrating with his sister and her husband to Troy, New York. They left Liverpool on 19 March on board the SS City of Richmond | |
| 19 August 1890 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Hems, New York USA | |
| 9 June 1891 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Hems, Troy, New York, USA | |
| 12 December 1893 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Hems, New York, USA | |
| 9 December 1902 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Hems, Troy, New York, USA | |
Charles William Henry Clarke - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1112 |
| Age: | 12½ (born 28 January 1893) |
| Whence received: | Margate Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 4½ ins |
| Particular marks: | Scar on right arm |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 3 December 1895 |
| Late residence: | Trinity Hill, Margate |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil - father and mother live apart. Boy under the charge of father who exercises no control over him |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Attempting to steal |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Lack of parental control |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 2 December 1895; John Stokes; Margate Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | Detained at Saltley until 28 January 1899 [when attains age of 16] |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 1) (14 April 1892) father bound in £5; 2) (24 April 1893) 6 strokes with rod |
| For what: | 1) Stealing 11 hemp bags; 2) stealing 4 ducks |
| Father's name: | Henry John Clarke |
| Occupation: | Dealer in jewellery |
| Mother's name: | Mary Clarke |
| Occupation: | Lodging house keeper |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Father of intemperate habits, mother good |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 9 Trinity Hill, Margate, Kent |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | Joseph Farndale, Chief constable, Margate |
| Notes: | |
| 28 January 1899 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| No. in Admissions Register: | 614 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Sallow |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Blue marks each arm |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 19 July 1878 |
| Late residence: | Bordesley Green, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Tube drawer |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing 8 tame pigeons |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not stated |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 29 June 1878; W Holliday and J Jaffray; Birmingham |
| Where imprisoned: | Birmingham Prison |
| Sentence: | 21 days in prison, hard labour, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | No |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Sophia Brooks (stepmother) |
| Occupation: | Dressmaker |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Fair |
| Character of parents | Not stated |
| Parents' wages: | Not stated |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not stated |
| Parents address: | 4 house Bordesley Green, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 1 April 1881 Left the school and gone to his parents, Great Barr Street, Birmingham |
| 13 May 1881 In a letter dated 12 May 1881 writes to say he is in employment and intends to come and see me on Sunday next, 15 May |
| 15 May 1881 Calls and tells me that his parents are now living at 113 Great Barr Street, Birmingham. He is working for a Mr Banner(?), coffee hall proprietor, 113 Coventry Road, Birmingham. He tells me he has seen Thomas, Weston, and Adams. |
| 13 June 1881 Brooks writes for another pass. His address is Great Barr Street, Birmingham |
| 29 June 1881 Brooks calls and wants a character for his master, Mr Whitehouse, Barford Street, Birmingham (the tube works) |
| 21 July 1881 Writes from Great Barr Street to say he has a good situation |
| 8 September 1881 Letter to say he will come up shortly, has a bad leg |
| 1 December 1881 Brooks writes to say he is doing well |
| 10 February 1882 Brooks calls and tells me he has regular employment at Cooks and Son, Bradford Street, and that he is living now at back of 47 Cartland Road, Sparkbrook |