Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Henry Baker

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No. in Admissions Register: 207
Date of admission: 12 March 1861
Whence received: Stafford Gaol
By whom brought: -
On what terms: -
Friends interested in him: -
Description:  
Height: -
Figure: -
Complexion: Dark
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Hazel
Perfect vision? Yes
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Sound intellect? Yes
Use of all limbs? Yes
Had cow or small pox? Vaccinated
Particular marks: On forehead
Cutaneous disorder? No
Scrofulous or consumptive? Delicate looking
Subject to fits? No
Age last birthday: 11
Illegitimate? No
Birthday: -
Birth place: -
Has resided: Warwick Street, Wolverhampton
Parish he belongs to: Wolverhampton
Customary work and mode of life: Tinman
Schools attended: -
By whom and where employed: -
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Cyphers: -
General ability: -
Offence: Stealing iron
Circumstances which may have led to it: Neglect of parents
Date of sentence: 26 February 1861
Where convicted: Bilston Police Court
Who prosecuted: -
Where imprisoned: -
Sentence: 21 days prison, 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals and convictions: Two
Father's name: George Baker
Occupation: Labourer
Residence: 3 court Warwick Street, Wolverhampton
Mother's name: Jemima Baker
Occupation: -
Residence: -
Father's character: -
Mother's character: -
Parents dead? -
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Good as far as known
Character of parents Father has an abscess in throat. Nothing known against his character
Parents' wages: 2s 6d per day
Amount parents agree to pay: Not able to pay anything
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): Captain Segram
Relatives to communicate with: -
Person making this return: J Collins Ward
Estimate of character on admission: -
Character on discharge: -
When and how left the Reformatory: -

Notes:

6 August 1864 Took a knife and pincers to bed with him with the intention of opening the window in the night and absconding

14 March 1865 Licensed

January 1866 Working at Davis's galvanizing works, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton. Good

17 December 1867 Called at the school. Working at galvanizer, Monmore Green

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