Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Job Chatwin

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No. in Admissions Register: 504
Age: 14
Whence received: Birmingham
Description:  
Complexion: -
Hair colour: -
Eyes colour: -
Visage: -
Particular marks: -
State of health: -
Able-bodied? -
Date of admission and term: 28 March 1874 5 years
Late residence: In lodgings at Mrs Tomkins, Deritend Locks
Parish he belongs to: Birmingham
Customary work and mode of life: Boat boy on canal
Whether illegitimate: -
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Offence: Gambling in the street
Circumstances which may have led to it: Bad company
Date of sentence, by who and court: 16 March 1874, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley
Where imprisoned: Birmingham
Sentence: 14 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals:  
Number: One
Length: 21 days
For what: Vagrancy
Father's name: John Roach (father in law) [stepfather]
Occupation: Fire iron maker
Mother's name: Emma Roach
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Own father
Survivor married again? Yes
Parents' treatment of child: Says he was ill-treated
Character of parents Stepfather drunken; mother steady and industrious
Parents' wages: 20s per week
Amount parents agree to pay: Not stated
Parents address: 4 Ring o' Bells Yard, Milk Street
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Person making this return: -

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