| No. in Admissions Register: | 438 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Scar on centre of breast |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 14 December 1870 4 years |
| Late residence: | 3 court Cheapside, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | London |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Painter |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Attempting to steal a satchel |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 3 November 1870, Birmingham Police Court, E Gwyther and T Phillips |
| Where imprisoned: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Sentence: | 6 weeks prison (hard labour), 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Not known |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | David Abel |
| Occupation: | Silversmith |
| Mother's name: | Jane Abel |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Unknown |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | Father is at Middlesbrough; mother 3 court Cheapside, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | T C S Kynnersley |
4 November 1870 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Gazette Friday 4 November 1870 p.7 col.6: ATTEMPTING TO PICK POCKETS. -Charles Able (15) [surname spelled thus], painter, 3 Court, Cheapside, was charged with attempting to steal from ladies' satchels, in the Market Hall. On Thursday, the 20th ult., Detective Clarke was in the Market Hall, when he saw the prisoner attempt to open several ladies' bags. The prisoner became aware that he was being watched, and made off, and succeeded in escaping. The officer saw the prisoner in the Market Hall yesterday morning, carrying on his "little game" again, and he took him into custody.-The prisoner, who had been previously convicted, was sent to gaol for six weeks, and was ordered to be sent to a Reformatory, at the expiration of his imprisonment for four years.
22 April 1872 Absconded
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