| No. in Admissions Register: | 676 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Derby |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | [unable to read] |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 3rd September 1881 (but not due until 4th) |
| Late residence: | 1 Little Bridge Street, Derby |
| Parish he belongs to: | St Werburgh's, Derby |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Hawking |
| Whether illegitimate: | Yes |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 2 brass wheel cases |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | General neglect |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 22 August 1881; J Turner and J Bailey; Derby |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Derby |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 29 December 1877 |
| Length: | Whipped (6 stripes) |
| For what: | Stealing 1 lb of tobacco |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | The boy has been living with a sister, Mrs Hilton, Ashbourne, near Derby |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | J W Elacombe, Lieutenent-Colonel and Chief Constable, Town Hall, Derby |
5 January 1878 There is a report of the previous crime in the Nottingham Journal 6 January 1878 o.3 col.5: JUVENILE THIEVES. - Frederick Ashmore, John Northedge, and Albert Edward Lloyd, three little boys, were charged with stealing a pound of tobacco belonging to Mr. H. P. Ludlow, publican, of Aston-on-Trent. - The prosecutor was at Derby on Friday, and left his cart, which contained a number of articles, on Cockpit-hill. Later in the day he discovered that the tobacco had been stolen, and, as the prisoners had been seen playing in a cart on Cockpit-hill they were arrested. They accused each other of having stolen the tobacco, and on Northedge were found a short pipe and a quantity of tobacco. - They pleaded guilty. - Ashmore and Northledge were ordered to receive six strokes with a birch rod and Lloyd three strokes.
23 August 1881 The crime that sent him to Saltley is reported in the Derby Daily Telegraph Tuesday 23 August 1881 p.3 col.3: THEFT OF BRASS. - Frederick Ashmore, a lad about fourteen years of age, was charged with having stolen two pieces of brass, the property of Joseph Edwards, of Ford-street, on Saturday, the 6th of August. - Prosecutor stated that he kept a dray in a shed near to the Great Northern Railway. The dray had brass caps on the wheels, and two of these were missing on the Sunday afternoon. He identified the two brass caps produced as his property. - Jacob Ashmore, of Devonshire-street, said the lad was no relation of his, but he bought the caps produced from the prisoner on Saturday night, the 6th of August. Prisoner said "Uncle Jake, Joe's sent these." Witness asked where Joe had had them from, and the prisoner said that they had been breaking up two carts. Witness gave him a shilling for them, and that was the price he generally gave for such articles. The boys - the prisoner and the lad called Joe - both claimed witness as their uncle, but he denied any relationship as the boys were not born in wedlock. - Detective Clay gave evidence as to the arrest of the prisoner, who, after being conveyed to the lock-np, confessed that he had taken the caps off with Joe's wrench. He had lost the shilling that he got for them. - Prisoner was sentenced to undergo fourteen day's imprisonment and five years in a reformatory school. Prisoner, who had previously been convicted of larcenies, was removed from the dock weeping piteously.
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