| No. in Admissions Register: | 544 |
| Age: | 10 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 28 March 1876 5 years |
| Late residence: | Longton |
| Parish he belongs to: | Longton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing tobacco |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Neglect |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 23 February 1876, Longton Police Court, H C Greenwood |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Fanny Blackwell |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Mother is a widow and occasionally cohabits with different men |
| Parents' wages: | None |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Has parish relief |
| Parents address: | John Street, Longton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
24 February 1876 There is a report of the crime in the Staffordshire Sentinel Thursday 24 February 1876 p.3 col.2: BOY THIEVES. Elijah Lewis (11), and Alfred Blackwell (10), wire charged with having stolen 5½d. and some tobacco and cigars from the shop of Walter Meakin, Belgrave Road, Dresden. The boys went into Mr. Meakin's shop and asked for a gift of "pipe bits," when they committed the theft alleged against them. It appeared that Blackwell is a young reprobate, and had been before the Court on a previous occasion. Lewis's trouble arose through his getting into bad company.-The magistrates directed that he should receive twelve strokes with a birch rod. In the case of Blackwell, it was directed that he should be committed to gaol for a month, and afterwards go to a reformatory for five years.
21 March 1881 Blackwell writes to say he is getting on very well and is earning from 12s to 15s per week. He writes for a present which has been promised him
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