| No. in Admissions Register: | 449 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Borough Prison [Birmingham] |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Sallow |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Scar on forehead |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 13 July 1871 4 years |
| Late residence: | 1 court George Street, Parade, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Boot finisher |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing 4 pigeons |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 23 June 1871, Birmingham Police Court, J Poncia and H Martin |
| Where imprisoned: | Borough Prison, Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison (hard labour), 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | George [Dickinson] |
| Occupation: | Shoemaker |
| Mother's name: | Mary Ann [Dickinson] |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Unkind |
| Character of parents | Father drunken |
| Parents' wages: | About 26s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | No sum mentioned |
| Parents address: | 1 court George Street, Parade, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
24 June 1871 There was a report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Saturday 24 June 1871 p.6 col.5: YOUNG CRIMINALS. - George Dickinson (14), 1 Court, George Street, shoe finisher, and Job Hancocks (12), 62, George Street, ironcaster, were charged with stealing four pigeons, the property of William Beebe, 50, Water Street. They were sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, and Dickinson to be afterwards sent to a reformatory for four years and Hancocks for five years.
21 January 1872 Absconded through bathroom window
24 January 1872 Brought back by police from Walsall
1 April 1872 Absconded again
18 May 1872 Brought back by the gardener
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