Albert William Kennett - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 652 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | Height 4 ft 6 in and figure proportionate |
| Particular marks: | Scar on forehead, 2 moles on left upper arm |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Date of admission: | 21 October 1880 |
| Late residence: | 76 New Canal Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | 4th Standard |
| Writes: | 4th Standard |
| Offence: | Embezzling £2 16s 3d |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 8 October 1880; Will Elliott and J B Goodman; Police Court Birmingham |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days hard labour in prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | James Kennett |
| Occupation: | Pavior |
| Mother's name: | Annie Kennett |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 76 New Canal Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
Notes:
| 9 October 1880 There is a short report of the crime in Aris's Birmingham Gazette 9 October 1880 p.7 col.4: EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BOY. - Albert W. KINNETT (14), was charged with embezzling £2 16s. 3d , belonging to his employer, Mr. G. Rollason, lamp manufacturer, Pershore Street. - The prisoner had been in the employ of the prosecutor a month, and was entrusted by him to collect accounts. He received accounts amounting to the sum mentioned, and then absconded. - He was sent to gaol for fourteen days, and ordered to be afterwards sent to a reformatory for four years. |