Arthur Hurley - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 730 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Scar on forehead, 12 ditto on belly and stomach |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 10 September 1883 |
| Late residence: | Belmont Row, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Brass founder and glass cutter |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing the sum of 6s and purchased sweets(?) |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Being (he says) destitute |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 21 August 1883l A Hill; Birmingham Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 21 days hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 1 day |
| For what: | Remanded and discharged |
| Father's name: | Matthew Hurley |
| Occupation: | Engine driver |
| Mother's name: | Mary Hurley |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Both alive |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Kind |
| Character of parents | Believed to be good |
| Parents' wages: | Not ascertained, the boy says 27s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | 'As above [Belmont Row] crossed out, Cromwell Street, Birmingham added |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent Wilcox, Birmingham |
| Person making this return: | M Foster, Chief Warden in charge, H M Prison Birmingham |
| Notes: | |
| 26 August 1882 There is a report of a previous offence in the Birmingham Daily Post Saturday 26 August 1882 p.5 col.3: Arthur Hurley (14), Cromwell Street, was charged with stealing a tin of chicken, value 1s., from the Shop of Fanny Wormington, Erdington, on the 24th inst. The boy went into the shop for the purpose of purchasing some waste biscuits, and after he had been served and gone avay the tin was missed. Upon his being followed the property was found in his possession. He was ordered to receive twelve strokes with a birch rod. | |
| 21 August 1883 There is a very brief report of his crime in the Birmingham Mail Tuesday 21 August 1883 p.3 col.4: Arthur Hurley (16), Cromwell Street, charged with stealing, 6s. 8d. from the till of Mr. Webb, confectioner, Lawley Street. Prisoner, who been in trouble twice before, was sent to prison for three weeks. [No mention of the Reformatory] | |
| 7 September 1885 Fifty-eight boys had been sent home for a week's holiday. Huley was one of three who failed to return | |
| 10 September 18/85 Brought back to the School by his father | |
| 22 April 1886 Discharged from Saltley by order of the Home Secretary on emigrating to Canada from Liverpool on the SS Circassian along with Beckett [723], Moss [boy 680], and Wareham [boy 715] | |
| 25 February 1887 The Reformatory Committee Log Book records receipt of a letter from Hurley, Winnepeg P.O., Manitoba | |
| 8 November 1887 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Hurley, St Paul, Minnesota, USA | |
| 12 June 1888 The Log Book report records receipt of another letter from Hurley, Helena, Montana, USA | |
| 6 August 1889 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Hurley, Buttee [Butte?], Montana, USA | |
| 10 December 1889 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Hurley | |