Harry Johnson - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1066 |
| Age: | 12 (born 10 March 1882) |
| Whence received: | Longton Police |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Sallow |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Dark grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 3 ins |
| Particular marks: | 3 right side and posterior |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 24 April 1894 |
| Late residence: | 20 Enson Road, Longton |
| Parish he belongs to: | |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Schoolboy |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 1 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 1 |
| Offence: | Stealing sweets |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | A leader of thieves |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 24 April 1894; J S Johnson; Longton Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | Detained at Saltley until 16 years of age |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 3 |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Thomas Johnson |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Mother's name: | Ellen Johnson |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Not good (so says boy) |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 30s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | Superintendent Evans |
| Notes: | |
| 28 April 1894 The crime was briefly reported in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 28 April 1894 p.6 col.6: AN INCORRIGIBLE LAD. - Harry Johnson, aged 12, Edensor-road, was charged with stealing a quantity of sweets, value 1s., the property of Charles Jupps, confectioner, Stafford-street. There were three previous convictions against the defendant, who was ordered to be sent to a reformatory school until he was 16 years of age. | |
| 10 March 1898 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
