Alfred Bramley - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 966 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Wakefield |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Height: | 4 ft 8 ins |
| Particular marks: | Nil |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 1 July 1891 |
| Late residence: | 5 St Mary's Place, Barnsley |
| Parish he belongs to: | Barnsley |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Has been employed as a butcher's boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 6 bottles of ginger beer and 6 oranges from a refreshment stall at Shaw Lane Cricket Ground |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Has been keeping the company of a gang of young thieves. His brother is sent to a reformatory for the same offence |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 22 June 1891; F H Taylor and Thomas Dymond; West Riding Petty Sessions Barnsley |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Wakefield |
| Sentence: | 10 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 12 strokes |
| For what: | Stealing grapes from a vinery |
| Father's name: | George Bramley |
| Occupation: | Drayman |
| Mother's name: | Emily Amelia Bramley |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Parents seem to have tried to keep their parents Straight |
| Character of parents | Father occasionally gives way to drink |
| Parents' wages: | Father 22s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 5 St Mary's Place, Barnsley |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 18 October 1890 There is a report of a previous offence in the Sheffield Independent Saturday 18 October 1890 p.6 col.6: A GANG OF JUVENILE THIEVES. - Albert Crossland, 12, and Michael Skelly, 11, two lads residing at Barnsley, were charged with having stolen a quantity of beer, value 6d., the property of John Brooks, landlord of the Shakespeare Hotel, Barnsley, on the 7th inst. Prosecutor has the management of the Pavilion at the Shaw lane Cricket Ground. Beer and spirits were sold, and the premises were left secure on the 4th inst. On the day in question, the lads broke into the premises, and upon the secretary of the club visiting the grounds he found the lads in the pavilion, Crossland helplessly drunk and Skelly under the influence of drink. Crossland was brought to the police station in a cab, a doctor was sent for, and emetics applied to restore him, and for two hours he was in a dangerous state. The Bench ordered Crossland to receive twelve strokes and Skelly six strokes with a birch rod. - The two prisoners Crossland and Skelly, along with Frederick Green, 13, Thomas Henry Bramley, 14, and Alfred Bramley, 12, were all charged with having stolen a quantity of grapes, value 10s., from an outhouse, belonging to Mr. Noah, colliery manager, of Victoria road, Barnsley, between the 3rd and 7th inst. The charge against Crossland was withdrawn on account of his previous punishment, Skelly was ordered to receive six strokes with a birch rod, and the other prisoners twelve strokes each. | |
| 23 June 1891 There is a report of the crime that sent him to Saltley in the Sheffield Independent Tuesday 23 June 1891 p.3 col.1: FIVE BARNSLEY LADS SENT TO A REFORMATORY. - Alfred Crossland, Alfred Bramley, Frederick Green, Thos. Bramley, and George Bell, all lads whose ages range from 10 to 16 years, were charged with stealing six bottles of ginger beer and four oranges from the Shaw Lane Cricket Pavilion, the property of John Brook, landlord of the Shakespeare Hotel, Wellington street. - Evidence was given showing that the ginger beer and the oranges were safe at 6 p.m. on the 11th inst., and were missed at 9.30 a.m. on the 12th inst. - Detective-Sergeant Parker deposed to apprehending Crossland and one of the Bramleys first. He charged Crossland with the offence, when he replied. "There were only four oranges. We all had some ginger beer." He afterwards apprehended the other three, and then they all pleaded guilty. Crossland had been convicted twice before, and the other defendants once each. - Committed for 10 days, and sent to a reformatory for five years. - It was stated that the same defendants robbed several gardens, and stole a lot of fruit and vegetables from trucks belonging to the M. S. and L. Railway Company. Mr. Whitworth, seeing that the lads had been sent to a reformatory, withdrew the charge. | |
| 29 September 1894 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Bramley was licensed to go out and work for Mr G Parkhurst, Eldon Street, Barnsley | |
| 30 June 1896 Sentenced expired whilst on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 10 August 1897 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Bramley, Barnsley. (Still working for same employer (3 years). Saw J W Bell lately [boy 893]. Kind regards to all at the School) | |
| 12 December 1899 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Bramley, Sheffield | |
| 14 October 1902 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Bramley, Barnsley | |
| 10 June 1903 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Bramley, Barnsley | |