Joseph Sidley - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 458 |
| Age: | 11 |
| Whence received: | - |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | None |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 26 October 1871 5 years |
| Late residence: | Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Shoemaking |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing stockings |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 26 September 1871, Bilston Police Court, I Spooner |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | John Sidley |
| Occupation: | Shoemaker |
| Mother's name: | Jane Sidley (stepmother) |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and healthy |
| Parents' wages: | Average 12s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Nothing |
| Parents address: | |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 27 September 1871 There is a brief report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 1871 p.8 col.2: A YOUNG OFFENDER.- Joseph Sidley, a child of eleven years, whose father is a shoemaker, and lives in the Grand Turk Yard, Birmingham, was yesterday sent to prison for a month, and afterwards to go to a reformatory for five years, for stealing a pair of stockings from the shop of William Eld, of Wednesbury. |
| 5 October 1875 Licensed to work with his father, shoemaking, 22 court 9 house Lionel Street, Birmingham |
| 19 November 1875 Working at 10 Barford Street, Birmingham |
