John Cartwright - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1071 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Oldbury Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 5 ft 3¼ ins |
| Particular marks: | Top teeth overlap |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 2 June 1894 |
| Late residence: | - |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Grocer's boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Theft of money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 29 May 1894; Harry Heaton; Oldbury Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Nil |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | John Cartwright |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Very good |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 21 Coventry Street, Stourbridge |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 30 June 1894 A month after the boy went to Saltley, his father got into trouble, as reported in the County Advertiser and Herald for Staffordshire and Worcestershire Saturday 30 June 1894 p.5 col.6: John Cartwright, the elder. Stourbridge, was summoned to show cause why he should not contribute to the maintenance of his son, John Cartwright,jun.,. who was now in :Saltley Reformatory. Defendant offered to pay ninepence . a week, and order was made accordingly, with costs, 5s. | |
| 10 March 1897 Discharged from Saltley by order of the Home Secretary, on account of his emigrating to Canada. Left Liverpool on March 18th for McGregor Station, Manitoba. Arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on March 28th | |
| 8 June 1897 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Cartwright, Manitoba (Account of voyage to Nova Scotia and inland journey to Manitoba. Comfortably settled in new home) | |
| 10 February 1903 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Cartwright, British Columbia | |
