Joseph Sunderland - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1235 |
| Age: | 15 (born 24 March 1885) |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh, freckled |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Slatey brown |
| Height: | 4 ft 11 ins |
| Particular marks: | 3 ink dots left forearm, 8 pox marks left arm, 2 brown spots centre of back |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 30 June 1900 |
| Late residence: | Common lodging house, Lees Street, off Aston Road, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wakefield |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Labouring |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 3 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 3 |
| Offence: | Larceny of money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Of unsettled habits. Father states that previous to leaving home his son had robbed him on many occasions |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 16 June 1900; Lord Mayor and Sir James Smith; Birmingham Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Not known |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Frederick Sunderland |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | Not stated |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not yet assessed |
| Parents address: | 8 Laycock's Yard, Kirkgate, Wakefield |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent of Police, Wakefield |
| Person making this return: | |
| Notes: | |
| 31 October 1902 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Sunderland was licensed to go out and work for Mr Preston, Golden Hillock Road, Birmingham | |
| 19 January 1903 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Sunderland absconded whilst on licence, it being regarded as an excellent job, no reason could be found for this action | |
| 15 June 1903 Sentence expired while still absent as an absconder, discharged from Saltley | |
