James Holmes (1) - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 395 |
| Date of admission: | 25 February 1869 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | No |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | Burn mark left arm and chest |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 13 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Leek |
| Parish he belongs to: | Leek |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing a pair of boots |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Neglect by mother and stepfather |
| Date of sentence: | 11 February 1869 |
| Where convicted: | Leek Petty Sessions |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison (hard labour), 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Mother's name: | Mary Holmes |
| Occupation: | Charwoman |
| Residence: | West Street, Leek |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Boy says ‘well' |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | Lives partly by begging, and is thought to have encouraged the boy to steal |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Nothing |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | C Williams, Leek |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
Notes:
13 February 1869 There is a short report of the offence in the Staffordshire Sentinel and Commercial and General Advertiser Saturday 13 February 1869 p.5 col.4: A JUVENILE THIEF.- On Thursday, a lad named James Holmes was charged before Messrs. Brough and Sleigh, charged with stealing a pair of boots, value 4s. 6d., the property of George Everton, Leicester. Prosecutor kept a stall in the Leek market, and the prisoner had purloined the boots from thence. He was sent to prison for fourteen days, to be sent to a reformatory for three years at the expiration of that term.
