James Sidneys - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 574 |
| Age: | 10 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Mole on right cheek |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 10 February 1877 5 years |
| Late residence: | 40 Warner Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Bone turning |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing 7 lbs of potted meat |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 24 January 1877, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley |
| Where imprisoned: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | James Sidney |
| Occupation: | Bone turner |
| Mother's name: | Martha Sidney |
| Occupation: | Dress maker |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Not known |
| Character of parents | Not known |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not known |
| Parents address: | 40 Warner Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 6 January 1881 Sidney licensed this day to a Mr C Bennett, bone turner, of Lower Essex Street, Birmingham. He lives with his father, James Sidney, back 38 Darwin Street, Birmingham |
| 9 January 1881 Sidney calls and is doing very well. Earns 4s 6d per week |
| 16 January 1881 Sidney calls and gives a good account of himself |
| 6 August 1881 Sidney calls and tells me he has left Mr C Bennett and is now working for Messrs Griffiths and Bennett Zinc Iron manufacturers, Bradford Street. Birmingham |
| 4 September 1881 Calls and gives a good account of himself |
| 11 February 1882 Calls and says he is now working for W Lee coppersmith, Freeman Street, Birmingham, and earns 5s 6d per week |
| 12 February 1882 Sentence expires12 May 1882 Wray [boy 601] brings word that he saw Sidney tonight who informed him that he is earning 6s 6d per week |