Saltley Reformatory Inmates


William Henry Harper

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No. in Admissions Register: 230
Date of admission: 21 January 1862 {not brought until the 29
Whence received: Stafford
By whom brought: -
On what terms: -
Friends interested in him: -
Description:  
Height: -
Figure: -
Complexion: Pale
Hair colour: Black
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? Neither
Particular marks: Large cut second finger left hand
Cutaneous disorder? No
Scrofulous or consumptive? No
Subject to fits? No
Age last birthday: 15
Illegitimate? -
Birthday: -
Birth place: -
Has resided: Keresley, Coventry
Parish he belongs to: Meriden
Customary work and mode of life: -
Schools attended: -
By whom and where employed: -
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Cyphers: -
General ability: -
Offence: Stealing 2 fowls
Circumstances which may have led to it: -
Date of sentence: 8 January 1862
Where convicted: Coleshill
Who prosecuted: -
Where imprisoned: Warwick
Sentence: 14 days prison, 2 years at Saltley
Previous committals and convictions: None
Father's name: William Harper
Occupation: Butcher
Residence: Keresley, Coventry
Mother's name: Sarah Harper
Occupation: -
Residence: -
Father's character: -
Mother's character: -
Parents dead? Mother
Survivor married again? No
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Not known
Parents' wages: Not known
Amount parents agree to pay: No agreement
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Relatives to communicate with: -
Person making this return: John Anderson, county Prison, Warwick
Estimate of character on admission: -
Character on discharge: -
When and how left the Reformatory: -

Notes:

20 January 1863 [should be 1864] Left on expiration of term

20 December 1864 Seen by Mr Cooke. Doing well

October 1866 Called at the school. Doing well

January 1868 Clergyman wrote, speaking well of him

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