Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Martin Palmer

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No. in Admissions Register: 406
Age: 13
Whence received: Birmingham Borough Prison
Description:  
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Grey
Visage: -
Particular marks: Two scars on right breat
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission and term: 3 July 1869 4 years
Late residence: Shakespear Road, Birmingham
Parish he belongs to: Birmingham
Customary work and mode of life: Pearl button maker
Whether illegitimate: Not
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Offence: Stealing 12 neckties
Circumstances which may have led to it: -
Date of sentence, by who and court: 4 June 1869, Police Court, J D Goodman and J Sturge.
Where imprisoned: Borough Gaol, Birmingham
Sentence: 1 month prison (hard labour), 4 years at Saltley
Previous committals:  
Number: None
Length: -
For what: -
Father's name: William Palmer
Occupation: Wood turner
Mother's name: Elizabeth Palmer
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Neither
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Good
Parents' wages: 24s a week
Amount parents agree to pay: Has a large family – 6 younger than this – and could not well pay more than 1s per week
Parents address: Shakespear Road, Birmingham
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): G Glossop -
Person making this return: -

Notes:

3 June 1881 Has been seen by Mee [boy 400] who says he is working at a baker's shop in Smallbrook Street. Birmingham. See folio [entry] for boy 400.

25 May 1882 Calls in company with Mee

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