Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Joseph Ralph

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No. in Admissions Register: 520
Age: 15
Whence received: Stafford
Description:  
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Blue
Visage: -
Particular marks: Wound mark under left lower jaw
State of health: Good
Able-bodied? Yes
Date of admission and term: 8 August 1874 3 years
Late residence: Prince's End, Staffordshire
Parish he belongs to: Tipton
Customary work and mode of life: Miner
Whether illegitimate: Not
State of education:  
Reads: Not at all
Writes: Not at all
Offence: Stealing coal
Circumstances which may have led to it: -
Date of sentence, by who and court: 10 July 1874, Bilston Petty Sessions, H Ward and W Hatton
Where imprisoned: Stafford County Prison
Sentence: 1 month prison (hard labour), 3 years at Saltley
Previous committals:  
Number: Four
Length: 14 days each
For what: All for vagrancy
Father's name: Henry Ralph
Occupation: Moulder
Mother's name: -
Occupation: -
Parents dead? Mother
Survivor married again? Yes
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Good
Parents' wages: 30s per week
Amount parents agree to pay: 2s per week
Parents address: Tipton Terrace, Prince's End
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Person making this return: -

Notes:

19 January 1875 Ill

25 January 1875 Much better

14 February 1875 Died, apparently in a fainting fit

17 February Fetched away by his friends. There is a receipt attached to the Admissions Register: Received from the Superintendent of Saltley Reformatory the body of Joseph Ralph, this 17th day of February 1875. X the mark of Thomas Cox for Henry Ralph. Witness: John Parsons

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