Saltley Reformatory Inmates


John Jinks

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No. in Admissions Register: 560
Age: 12
Whence received: Stafford
Description:  
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Light
Eyes colour: Grey
Visage: -
Particular marks: -
State of health: -
Able-bodied? -
Date of admission and term: 21 October 1876 5 years
Late residence: Bilston
Parish he belongs to: -
Customary work and mode of life: None
Whether illegitimate: -
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Offence: Stealing clothing
Circumstances which may have led to it: -
Date of sentence, by who and court: 21 September 1876, Bilston Petty Sessions, W Holliday and G B Lloyd
Where imprisoned: Stafford County Prison
Sentence: 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals:  
Number: One
Length: 3 days and whipping
For what: Stealing iron
Father's name: Thomas Jinks
Occupation: Furnace man
Mother's name: Hannah Jinks
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Neither
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Good
Parents' wages: -
Amount parents agree to pay: 1s 6d per week
Parents address: Coseley Road, Bilston
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Person making this return: -

Notes:

23 September 1876 There is a very brief report of the crime in Aris's Birmingham Gazette Saturday 23 September 1876 p.8 col.2: JUVENILE ROBBERS.-John Jenks (13) and Elisha Price (12) were charged with breaking into a hovel at the colliery of Messrs. Sparrow, Ladymoor, and stealing a lamp therefrom.-Jenks was sent to gaol for a month, and to a reformatory for five years; Price was ordered to be whipped.

10 April 1881 Letter from Jinks to say he is learning the boot finishing business

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