Saltley Reformatory Inmates


Samuel Hubble

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No. in Admissions Register: 679
Age: 14
Whence received: H M Prison Birmingham
Description:
Complexion: Fresh
Hair colour: Brown
Eyes colour: Grey
Visage: Oval
Particular marks: Scar in the angle left eye
State of health: -
Able-bodied? -
Date of admission: 21 November 1881
Late residence: 12 court 2 house Sun Street, Birmingham
Parish he belongs to: Birmingham
Customary work and mode of life: School boy
Whether illegitimate: No
State of education:
Reads: 2nd Standard
Writes: 2nd Standard
Offence: Stealing a rabbit
Circumstances which may have led to it: Associating with bad boys
Date of sentence, by whom and court: 22 October 1881; William Holliday amd Thomas Martineau; Birmingham Police Court
Where imprisoned: H M Prison Birmingham
Sentence: 1 month in prison, 4 years at Saltley
Previous committals:
Number: 2
Length: 1) 7 days in prison; 2) 6 stripes (cane)
For what: 1) Stealing a fowl; 2) stealing a sovereign
Father's name: George Hubble
Occupation: Copper kettle maker
Mother's name: Sarah Hubble
Occupation: Charwoman
Parents dead? Neither
Survivor married again? No
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Steady
Parents' wages: Not known. Boy says his father earns 22s weekly
Amount parents agree to pay: No order made
Parents address: 12 court 2 house Sun Street, Birmingham
Superintendent of police (to collect payments): -
Person making this return: -

Notes:

22 October 1881 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Mail Saturday 22 October 1881 p.2 col.6: A GANG OP YOUNG THIEVES. George Grimes (13), Dymoke Street; Robert Harris (16), and James Harris (15), both of Hope Street; Samuel Hubbell (15), Sun Street; and Alfred Oldacre (15), Sun Street, were charged with stealing seven pigeon. and a rabbit, the property of various persons living in the vicinity of Bristol Road. - It was proved that the prisoners had stolen the birds and rabbit on several occasions. - Mr. Holloway, Industrial School officer, gave all the prisoners bad characters. - Mr. Holliday thanked the officer for assisting the magistrates in cases of that sort, and sentenced . Hubbell, Grimes, and James Harris to one month's imprisonment each, and four years in a reformatory, Robert Harris to one month's imprisonment, and Oldacre to two months.

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