Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Joseph Sidley

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No. in Admissions Register: 458
Age: 11
Whence received: -
Description:  
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Grey
Visage: -
Particular marks: None
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission and term: 26 October 1871 5 years
Late residence: Birmingham
Parish he belongs to: Birmingham
Customary work and mode of life: Shoemaking
Whether illegitimate: -
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Offence: Stealing stockings
Circumstances which may have led to it: Bad company
Date of sentence, by who and court: 26 September 1871, Bilston Police Court, I Spooner
Where imprisoned: Stafford
Sentence: 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals:  
Number: None
Length: -
For what: -
Father's name: John Sidley
Occupation: Shoemaker
Mother's name: Jane Sidley (stepmother)
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Mother
Survivor married again? Yes
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Honest, sober, and healthy
Parents' wages: Average 12s per week
Amount parents agree to pay: Nothing
Parents address:  
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Person making this return: -

Notes:

27 September 1871 There is a brief report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 1871 p.8 col.2: A YOUNG OFFENDER.- Joseph Sidley, a child of eleven years, whose father is a shoemaker, and lives in the Grand Turk Yard, Birmingham, was yesterday sent to prison for a month, and afterwards to go to a reformatory for five years, for stealing a pair of stockings from the shop of William Eld, of Wednesbury.

5 October 1875 Licensed to work with his father, shoemaking, 22 court 9 house Lionel Street, Birmingham

19 November 1875 Working at 10 Barford Street, Birmingham

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