Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Thomas Henry Smith

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No. in Admissions Register: 513
Age: 14
Whence received: Stafford
Description:  
Complexion: -
Hair colour: -
Eyes colour: -
Visage: -
Particular marks: -
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission and term: 20 June 1874 4 year
Late residence: Stoke on Trent
Parish he belongs to: -
Customary work and mode of life: Potter
Whether illegitimate: -
State of education:  
Reads: Imperfectly
Writes: Imperfectly
Offence: Stealing clothing
Circumstances which may have led to it: Bad company
Date of sentence, by who and court: 19 May 1874, Burslem Police Court, H C Greenwood
Where imprisoned: Stafford County Prison
Sentence: 1 month prison (hard labour), 4 years at Saltley
Previous committals:  
Number: None
Length: -
For what: -
Father's name: -
Occupation: -
Mother's name: Ann Smith
Occupation: Potter
Parents dead? Father
Survivor married again? No
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Good
Parents' wages: About 9s per week
Amount parents agree to pay: None
Parents address: 3 Albert Street, Stoke on Trent
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Person making this return: -

Notes:

&20 May 1874 There was a report of the offence in the Staffordshire Sentinel Wednesday 20 May 1874 p.2 col.4: UNFILIAL.- Thomas Henry Smith, fourteen pears of age, was charged with having stolen some wearing apparel belonging to his mother, a widow, who lives in Albert-street, Stoke. -It was stated by the young reprobate's mother that on the 13th inst., during her absence from home he took a dress from an upstairs room and pledged it at a shop in the town, for 5s. A pledge ticket relating to some other article which he had pawned was obtained from the pawnbhroker.-Chief Superintendent Oswell stated that Mrs. Smith had called to see him about her son, and she was anxious that he should be sent toa reformatory.-The magistrates committed the prisoner to gaol for a month, at the expiration of which term he will be taken to a reformatory.

28 August 1881 I learn from the Superintendent of Police, Stoke on Trent that Smith is a painter and doing well in the town, Stoke on Trent

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