James Hackett - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 60 |
| Date of admission: | 2 December 1854 |
| Weekly payments: | - |
| Age: | 15 |
| Education: | Good |
| Previous employment: | Pearl button maker |
| Crimes, how often and in what prison: | 6 |
| Training in reformatory: | 4 April 1855 |
| When left reformatory: | - |
| Parentage and family: | Father and Mother living |
| Residence: | 15 Northwood St, St Paul’s Square [Birmingham] |
| Trade of father: | Barber |
| With whom the boy is placed: | - |
| Address: | - |
| Trade: | - |
Notes:
| 11 September 1854 A brief report of his crime in Aris's Birmingham Gazette 11 September 1854, p.1, col.4 says James Hackett and James Hinds [boy 58] , each aged 15, for stealing a pair of Clarence boots, the property of Edward Shingler, to be imprisoned, the former 3 months, and the latter fourteen days, and both to be sent for two years to Saltley. |
| [There is a detailed report of his brother John’s involvement in a crime in the Birmingham Journal Saturday 23 Sep 1854, p.6, col.6] |