| Description | Number: 1242
Age: 14 years last August
Place of birth: Birkenhead
When admitted: 9 Jul 1879
Place of conviction: Manchester County Police Court
Date of conviction: 19 Jun 1879
Offence: stealing a jacket from factory
Full sentence: 21 days 5 years
Parents: father Joseph O'Brien, hawker of vegetables and mother Catherine O'Brien nee Lacy
Parents address: 14 Timothy Street, Eccles
Previous convictions: once - for playing pitch & toss 8 Dec 1877 - 3 days & 10 strokes with birch rod
Particulars of discharge: 9 Jul 1884, died in the school
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