| Description | Number: 1270
Age: 14 years
Place of birth: Wakefield
When admitted: 25 Nov 1879
Place of conviction: Wakefield Police Court
Date of conviction: 12 Nov 1879
Offence: stealing a box and 14lbs of spice from shop
Full sentence: 14 days & 5 years
Parents: father dead, step-father Stephen Travis and mother Catherine McGravey, rag picker
Parents address: step father in America, mother - New Street, Wakefield
Previous convictions: no committal to prison, has been in lockups for theft
Particulars of discharge: 25 Nov 1884, discharged on licence May 1881 and then discharged by warrant on account of his being subject to epileptic fits at all hours
Also includes dates of baptism and confirmation, education, physical description, conduct and character while an inmate, relatives details, conduct after leaving institution |