| No. in Admissions Register: | 386 |
| Date of admission: | 26 October 1868 |
| Whence received: | Hull Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Sallow |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Perfect vision? | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | Cut mark back of left hand |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptivee? | Not apparent |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 11 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Hull |
| Parish he belongs to: | Holy Trinity, Hull |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Ropery boy |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing £2 |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Parental neglect and 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: | Two |
| Father's name: | David Snell |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | Bakehouse Yard, Barton Street, Hull |
| Mother's name: | Mary Ann Snell |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Neglected |
| Character of parents | Good, so far as known |
| Parents' wages: | 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d 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: | - |
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, the final sentence was 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.
| ← Prev | Next → |
|---|
This web page © 2020 Fred Miller