| No. in Admissions Register: | 692 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Visage: | 4 ft 7½ in height |
| Particular marks: | Brown scar from under left ear to top of left shoulder |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 21 February 1882 |
| Late residence: | 36 Ward Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Assistant to his father |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | 3rd Standard |
| Writes: | 3rd Standard |
| Offence: | Stealing 9 scrubbing brushes |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Keeping bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 1 February 1882; J D Goodman and J S Bolton; Aston Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 21 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | 1) Stealing a bucket; 2) stealing apples |
| Father's name: | David Addicot |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Mother's name: | Maria Addicot |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | No order made |
| Parents address: | 36 Ward Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
14 January 1882 A previous offence was briefly reported in the Birmingham and Aston Chronicle Saturday 14 January 1882 p.5 col.4: David Addicot (13), and Seth Aston (8), both of Ward-street, Birmingham, were charged with stealing a bucket value 9d., from the shop of Thomas Hopkins, Upper Webster- street on the 10th inst. - Prisoners pleaded guilty, and Addicot was sentenced to receive 12 strokes with the birch rod, and Aston was remanded.
2 February 1882 The offence that sent him to Saltley is reported in the Birmingham Daily Post Thursday 2 February 1882 p.5 col.5: ASTON POLICE COURT. - At this Court, yesterday, before Messrs. J. D. Goodman and F. S. Bolton, David Addicot (13), butcher, and Seth Aston (8), both of Ward Street, Birmingham, were charged' with stealing nine scrubbing brushes, value 2s. 6d., from the shop of James Ingram, of Clifford Street, Aston, on the 29th ult. The prisoners were seen shortly after the. theft with the brushes in their possession. They were before the magistrates about three weeks ago on another charge, when Addicot was punished and Aston discharged with a caution. Aston's mother now stated that her son had been regularly to school since being previously before the magistrates and produced the following certificate signed by the head mistress: "Board school, Summer Lane, January 30, 1882. Seth Aston has attended this school for the last fortnight." The prisoners now pleaded guilty, and Aston was ordered to receive six strokes with the birch rod, and Addicot was committed to prison for twenty-one days, and afterwards to be detained in a reformatory school for five years.
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