Alfred Hicklin - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 978 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 11ΒΌ ins |
| Particular marks: | Small mole over right eyebrow, also on right forearm |
| State of health: | Good (defective sight left eye) |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 18 November 1891 |
| Late residence: | 77 Little London, Walsall |
| Parish he belongs to: | Walsall |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Caster |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Breaking into a warehouse |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | The police report that "there is no doubt that it is through the conduct of his father that he has been compelled to stay out frequently at night, and has thus got into trouble |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 29 October 1891; W H Duignan; Walsall Quarter Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 21 days hard labour in prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 1 day and 12 strokes |
| For what: | Stealing stockings |
| Father's name: | Henry Hicklin |
| Occupation: | Filer |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Father has treated the boy very badly (see above) |
| Character of parents | Police report "suspicious" |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 77 Little London, Walsall |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 30 October 1891 There is a brief report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Friday 30 October 1891 p.7 col.4: Alfred Hicklin, A boy (on bail), pleaded guilty to breaking and entering the warehouse of Henry Moseley and Son, on the 20th August, and stealing a brush and a hammer therefrom. He was sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment, without hard labour, to be followed by four years' detention, in a reformatory. | |
| 15 October 1892 The Medical Officer reported: Abscess on finger. Doing well by 26 October | |
| 5 July 1894 Discharged from Saltley by order of the Home Secretary, on account of emigrating to Canada, along with Comley [boy 973]. They left Liverpool for Melbourne, Quebec, on this date | |