| No. in Admissions Register: | 455 |
| Age: | 11 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Pale |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 5 October 1871 5 years |
| Late residence: | Wednesbury |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wednesbury |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Forge boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing 2d |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 5 September 1871, Wednesbury Police Court, I Spooner, Stipendiary Magistrate |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | One |
| Length: | 14 days |
| For what: | Stealing trousers |
| Father’s name: | Hezekiah Brant |
| Occupation: | Gas fitting maker |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Brant |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents’ treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents’ wages: | 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s per week |
| Parents address: | The Vicarage, Wednesbury |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | J T Holland, Wednesbury |
| Person making this return: | - |
30 August 1871 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 30 August 1871 p.3 col.6: PRECOCITY IN CRIME .- At the Police Court, yesterday, Uriah Brant, a boy of about 12 or 13 years of age, was charged with having stolen 2d. and two cakes from Ellen Sarah Tibbitts, aged 8, daughter of parents living at New Town. On Monday night, the child was sent to her father's lodge and her mother's club, and while standing at Spring Head, counting some money which had been entrusted to her, the prisoner snatched 2d. and two cakes from her, and ran off. A gentleman captured him, how- ever, and, after taking him some distance towards the station, boxed his ears, gave him. a kick, and let him go. An hour or two later, he was apprehended by Police-constable Stanton, It was stated that he had previously been before the Magistrates for breaking into an office. He was remanded for a week.
12 August 1875 Licensed to work at Kildick's Colliery, Pleck, Walsall. Lives 46 Vicarage, Wednesbury
5 December 1875 Still at work at Kildick's
5 June 1876 Called at the school. Is now employed at Lloyd's Pit, Hill Top.
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