Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Thomas Horne

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No. in Admissions Register: 387
Date of admission: 2 November 1868
Whence received: Warwick Gaol
By whom brought: -
On what terms: -
Friends interested in him: -
Description:  
Height: -
Figure: -
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Blue
Perfect vision? Yes
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Sound intellect? Yes
Use of all limbs? Yes
Had cow or small pox? Cowpox
Particular marks: Two small moles right side forehead
Cutaneous disorder? Not
Scrofulous or consumptive? Not
Subject to fits? Not
Age last birthday: 11
Illegitimate? -
Birthday: -
Birth place: -
Has resided: Epwell Lane End [Upper Tysoe, Warwickshire]
Parish he belongs to: -
Customary work and mode of life: -
Schools attended: 11 months at workhouse
By whom and where employed: -
State of education:  
Reads: Not
Writes: Not
Cyphers: -
General ability: -
Offence: House breaking
Circumstances which may have led to it: Parental neglect and bad company
Date of sentence: 20 October 1868
Where convicted: Warwick Quarter Sessions
Who prosecuted: -
Where imprisoned: -
Sentence: 14 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals and convictions: Stealing cheese
Father's name: Thomas Hone
Occupation: Labourer
Residence: Epwell Lane End {Upper Tysoe, Warwickshire]
Mother's name: Eleanor Hone
Occupation: -
Residence: -
Father's character: Indifferent
Mother's character: Indifferent
Parents dead? -
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: -
Character of parents -
Parents' wages: -
Amount parents agree to pay: -
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Relatives to communicate with: -
Person making this return: -
Estimate of character on admission: -
Character on discharge: -
When and how left the Reformatory: -

Notes:

24 October 1868 There is a brief report of the crime in the Coventry Standard Saturday 24 October 1868 p.2 col.5: Henry Hone (13) and Thomas Hone (11) were found guilty of breaking into a dwelling house at Brailes. They were sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, and afterwards to be kept in the Reformatory for five years.

10 May 1881 In a letter dated 4 April 1881 Hone states that he is unable to work owing to the severity of the weather. He says people {can't read three words] where he is if their work happen(?). He would like to meet(?) [can't read rest]

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