Saltley Reformatory Inmates


John Henry Hargraves

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No. in Admissions Register: 385
Date of admission: 26 October 1868
Whence received: Hull Gaol
By whom brought: -
On what terms: -
Friends interested in him: -
Description:  
Height: -
Figure: -
Complexion: Fair
Hair colour: Light brown
Eyes colour: Hazel
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: Small mole on forehead; J Hon left arm in three places
Cutaneous disorder? Not
Scrofulous or consumptive? Not apparent
Subject to fits? No
Age last birthday: 12
Illegitimate? -
Birthday: -
Birth place: -
Has resided: Hull
Parish he belongs to: Holy Trinity, Hull
Customary work and mode of life: Errand boy
Schools attended: -
By whom and where employed: -
State of education:  
Reads: Imperfectly
Writes: Imperfectly
Cyphers: -
General ability: -
Offence: Stealing £2
Circumstances which may have led to it: Bad company
Date of sentence: 16 October 1868
Where convicted: Hull
Who prosecuted: -
Where imprisoned: -
Sentence: 10 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley
Previous committals and convictions: Garden robbing (7 days)
Father's name: Dead
Occupation: -
Residence: -
Mother's name: Hannah Hargraves
Occupation: Washerwoman
Residence: 11 Goodwin Terrace, Bay Street Pottery, Hull
Father's character: -
Mother's character: -
Parents dead? Father
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Good
Parents' wages: 8s or 9s a week
Amount parents agree to pay: 1s a week
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): T Cook, Hull
Relatives to communicate with: -
Person making this return: -
Estimate of character on admission: -
Character on discharge: -
When and how left the Reformatory: -

Notes:

11 September 1868 There was a report of the crime(s) in the Hull Packet Friday 11 September 1868 p.7 col.1: A GANG OF YOUNG THIEVES.-Three little boys named John W. Snell, Frederick G. Ware, and Henry Hargraves were charged by P.C. Bolton (85) with stealing £2 from a small closet in the shop of Mr. Charles Smith, publican, Dock-street, about three weeks ago. The first named prisoner was also charged with stealing 2d. from a till in the shop of Mrs. Cherry, Jane-street, on Friday last. The other two prisoners were charged with entering the house of Captain Rutter, Park-street, about a month ago, during the absence of the inmates, and stealing two blankets, other articles of bed linen and wearing apparel, some wine and cigars, a pair of earrings, two brooches, a spoon &c. Several of the articles had been found pledged. The prisoners were all remanded for eight days.

1 October 1868 There is a brief report of a remand hearing in the Hull and Eastern Counties Herald Thursday 1 October 1868 p.7 col.5: The three little lads named respectively John W. Snell, Frederick G. Weare, and Henry Hargreaves, charged on remand with entering the house of Captain Rutter, in Elm Tree Avenue, and stealing various valuables, were again brought before the magistrate.-They were each sentenced to ten days' hard labour in the borough gaol, and afterwards ordered to be imprisoned for five years in a reformatory.

22 October 1868 After several delays, sentence was finally handed down, as reported in the Hull and Eastern Counties Herald Thursday 22 October 1868 p.7 col.4: The two youths, John William Snell and Henry Hargreaves, several times remanded on a charge of housebreaking in Park Street, were now ordered to be imprisoned ten days, and then kept in Saltley (Birmingham) Reformatory for five years.

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