Robert Young - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1039 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Wakefield |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Height: | 4 ft 3½ ins |
| Particular marks: | "B" tattooed on right arm |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 29 September 1893 |
| Late residence: | 2 court 2 house Wheeldon Lane, Sheffield |
| Parish he belongs to: | Sheffield |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly, Standard 2 |
| Writes: | Imperfectly, Standard 2 |
| Offence: | Larceny |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Deserted by father |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 9 September 1893; H Harrison; Sheffield City Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Wakefield |
| Sentence: | 21 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Nil |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Thomas Young |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Deserted by father |
| Character of parents | Good. Father has indifferent health |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 54 Crooksmoor Road, Sheffield |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | Henry Harrison |
| Notes: | |
| 11 September 1893 The crime was reported in the Sheffield Independent Monday 11 September 1893 p.3 col.7: SHEFFIELD CITY POLICE. Saturday. - Before Mr. H. Harrison and Mr J. H. Barber. - JUVENILE HOUSEBREAKERS. - Three boys, aged about 12 or 13 years, were charged on remand with breaking and entering three houses. Their names are George and Robert Young, who live with their uncle in a court in Wheeldon lane, and Ernest Twigg, who lives with his parents at No. 1, Victoria Street. On the night of 11th August Police-constables Jubb and Lawrence were in Claremont., when they noticed a light in the house of the Rev. J. Darbyshire, and the officers' suspicions were aroused, knowing that Mr. Darbyshire and his family were away. They entered the grounds, and saw one of the boys leave by the window. On entering the house they found Robert Young in one of the front rooms, and George Young upstairs under a bed. On being asked what they were doing there, they replied they did not know. They were taken to the Broomhill Police Station, and subsequently the officers, on going through the house, found the boys had obtained an entry through one of the bedroom windows, which they had reached by means of a ladder. Every room in the house had been disturbed, and all the drawers upset. Nothing, however, had been taken away, but on the kitchen table were a dozen bottles of beer and a tin of salmon, presumably ready for removing. When charged at the Police Station with entering the house, they only replied, "We did." The other two houses which they entered were those of Mr. T. Scott Anderson, 59, Wilkinson street; and Mr. J. B. Close, 33, Wilkinson street. The former was broken into on August 25th, and a pair of boots, a pair of shears, and some clothes were taken away. The house of Mr Close was entered on September 1st, and two pairs of boots, clothing, and smaller articles were removed. - Emily Twigg, mother of the boy Twigg, was also charged on remand with receiving several of the articles, knowing them to have been stolen. She said her son had given her some boots, saying that a lady had given them to him for cutting her grass. - The police discovered that some of the articles had been pawned at various shops by the boy Twigg and his sister. - The Bench expressed the opinion that Emily Twigg was the worst of the lot, and sent her to Wakefield for one month with hard labour. The boys were sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, to be followed by five years in a reformatory. | |
| 16 July 1896 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Young was licensed to go out and work for Scott, Jervis Street, Sheffield | |
| 28 September 1898 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |