James Woodcock - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 722 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Dark hazel |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Cut over left eye, four(?) mole marks side of face |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Date of admission: | 30 June 1883 |
| Late residence: | 35 Shepherd Street, Wolverhampton |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wolverhampton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Hinge casting |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a ladies black cloth jacket |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 1 June 1883; W F F Boughey, Stipendiary; Wolverhampton Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 7 days |
| For what: | Obstruction |
| Father's name: | James Woodcock |
| Occupation: | Lock maker |
| Mother's name: | Kate Woodcock (step-mother) |
| Occupation: | Keeps a paint(?) shop |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Badly treated by step-mother |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and good health |
| Parents' wages: | 30s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Will be decided by the justices |
| Parents address: | 35 Shepherd Street, Brickiln Street, Wolverhampton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Chief Constable, Town Hall, Wolverhampton |
| Person making this return: | R D P Hay, Chief Constable |
| Notes: | |
| 13 September1885 Absconded with Green [boy 731] and Ward [boy 718] from playground at 3.30 | |
| 22 October 1885 Brought back by Mr Blake (8 strokes) | |
| 16 November 1885 Absconded from the yard at 6.00 am in company of Charles Dawson [boy 781] | |
| 17 November 1885 Brought back by the Superintendent. Caught in a smith's forge at Wolverhampton (12 strokes) | |
| 2 June 1886 Absconded from School at 3.30 in company with William Turner [boy 745] | |
| 21 June 1886 Recaptured by P C Musson at Wolverhampton - readmitted (cell and low diet 3 weeks) | |
| 23 July 1886 Absconded from the farm but was run down and recaptured by Mr Field (12 strokes and cell and isolated and kept separately at work) | |
| 2 October 1886 Formally discharged from Saltley by order of Home Secretary on emigrating to Canada from Liverpool, with Towers [boy 746], Bayliss [boy 733], and Thompson [boy 739] | |
