Joseph Griffiths - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1100 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | Newcastle under Lyme Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Sallow |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Height: | 4 ft 6½ ins |
| Particular marks: | Scar side left eye, scar mark left arm |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 17 August 1895 |
| Late residence: | 32 London Road, Newcastle under Lyme |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 3 bottles of ginger beer and 27s from a till |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Police report - he has been a regular young savage, acting as ringleader to a gang of young thieves, and is quite beyond the control of parents |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 12 August 1895; C H Hardiman and T P Heath; Newcastle under Lyme Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | Detained at Saltley until 19 years of age |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 3 |
| Length: | 1) 6 strokes; 2) cautioned; 3) 12 strokes |
| For what: | 1) Stealing muffins; 2) drunk and disorderly; 3) larceny from a till |
| Father's name: | Jessie Cooper (step-father) |
| Occupation: | Sawyer |
| Mother's name: | Harriet Cooper |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | Not stated |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | George Taylor, Chief Constable |
| Notes: | |
| Brother to John William (boy 979) - to see his record click here | |
| 23 December 1898 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| 15 July 1902 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Griffiths, Portsmouth | |