Thomas Hone - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 387 |
| Date of admission: | 2 November 1868 |
| Whence received: | Warwick Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | Two small moles right side forehead |
| Cutaneous disorder? | Not |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | Not |
| Subject to fits? | Not |
| Age last birthday: | 11 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Epwell Lane End [Upper Tysoe, Warwickshire] |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Schools attended: | 11 months at workhouse |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not |
| Writes: | Not |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | House breaking |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Parental neglect and bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 20 October 1868 |
| Where convicted: | Warwick Quarter Sessions |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Stealing cheese |
| Father's name: | Thomas Hone |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Residence: | Epwell Lane End {Upper Tysoe, Warwickshire] |
| Mother's name: | Eleanor Hone |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | Indifferent |
| Mother's character: | Indifferent |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
Notes:
| 24 October 1868 There is a brief report of the crime in the Coventry Standard Saturday 24 October 1868 p.2 col.5: Henry Hone (13) and Thomas Hone (11) were found guilty of breaking into a dwelling house at Brailes. They were sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, and afterwards to be kept in the Reformatory for five years. |
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10 May 1881 In a letter dated 4 April 1881 Hone states that he is unable to work owing to the severity of the weather. He says people must work hard where he is if they wish to prosper. He would like to meet any time we can come over |
