Alfred Bishop - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 831 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 10½ ins |
| Particular marks: | Dot on right forearm and on left ditto, ruptured, face freckled on right side |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 17 December 1886 |
| Late residence: | 5 Adams Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Steel roller |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 3 lbs weight of pork |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Stole the pork that he might sell it for pocket money |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 4 December 1886; Thomas Avery and G J Johnson; Birmingham Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 14 days hard labour, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1) 6 months ago; 2) 6 weeks ago |
| Length: | 1) 7 days; 2) 2 days |
| For what: | 1) Throwing stones; rogue and vagabond (loitering) |
| Father's name: | Thomas Bishop |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Eliza Bishop |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Kindly treated |
| Character of parents | Fairly good all round |
| Parents' wages: | Father an elderly man out of employment, wages nil |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not yet assessed |
| Parents address: | 5 Adams Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Chief Superintendent Wilcox, Council House, Birmingham |
| Person making this return: | E Elliott, H M Prison Birmingham |
| Notes: | |
| 11 April 1889 Formally discharged from Saltley by order of the Home Secretary, on account of emigrating to Canada, along with Ward [boy 761] and Littleton [boy 818] | |
| 6 August 1889 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Bishop, via Mr Donaldson [the Reformatory's agent dealing with emigrants to Canada], Toronto | |