| No. in Admissions Register: | 669 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | H M Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Scar centre of forehead |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Date of admission: | 22 June 1881 |
| Late residence: | 41 Barford Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Groom |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | 3rd Standard |
| Writes: | 3rd Standard |
| Offence: | Stealing gas fittings |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not known |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 2 June 1881; A Biggs and Alfred Hill; Birmingham Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 21 days hard labour hard labour, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 14 days hard labour |
| For what: | Reputed thief |
| Father's name: | Isaac Green (step-father) |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Mother's name: | Mary Green |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Well |
| Character of parents | Not known |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | -41 Barford Street, Birmingham |
| Parents address: | |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
2 June 1881 There is a short report of the crime in the Birmingham Mail Thursday 2 June 1881 p.3 col.3: YOUNG OFFENDERS. Alfred Attwood (14), ostler, 41. Barford Street; Walter Langford (17), brass polisher, 240, Moseley Street; and George Browett (12), screw turner, 4 court, Moseley Street, were charged with being on new premises in Bradford Street with intent to commit a felony. Browett was discharged ; Attwood was sent to gaol for 21 days, afterwards to be detained in a reformatory for five years ; and Langford was sent to prison for three mouths with hard labour.
11 January 1886 It appears that Alfred returned to a life of crime after leaving the reformatory. There are a number of newspaper reports testifying to this, one of which is in the Birmingham Daily Post Monday 11 January 1886 p.7 col.6: CASES FOR THE ASSIZES. - Alfred Attwood (19), hostler, Barford Street, and Thomas Senitt (20), brassfounder, of no fixed abode, were charged with stealing a basket containing linen from a cart in Bromsgrove Street. - On Friday night Dina Burton, laundress, was delivering some goods in Bromsgrove Street when a large basket, containing a quantity of clean linen, belonging to Francis Peverelli, was stolen from her cart. - Police- constable Smith stated that he met the two prisoners in Moseley Street a short time after the robbery. Attwood was carrying a basket. - Witness and Police. constable Tubb followed them into Barford Street, where they arrested them on suspicion. Subsequently the prosecutrix went to the station with the view of giving information respecting the robbery. - Prisoners were further charged with stealing two pairs of boots on Friday night from the shop door of Messrs. Watson and Co., hoot manufacturers, 76, Gooch Street. The boots were pledged by two girls named Catherine Sirrett and Eliza Rudge, who were arrested on a charge of stealing the boots, and who stated that they received them from the; prisoners. - The girls were now discharged, and gave evidence against the prisoners, who were committed to the Assizes on both charges.
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