| No. in Admissions Register: |
300 |
| Date of admission: |
3 May 1865 |
| Whence received: |
Stafford |
| By whom brought: |
- |
| On what terms: |
- |
| Friends interested in him: |
- |
| Description: |
| Height: |
- |
| Figure: |
- |
| Complexion: |
Light |
| Hair colour: |
Brown |
| Eyes colour: |
Brown |
| Perfect vision? |
Yes |
| State of health: |
Good |
| Able-bodied? |
Yes |
| Sound intellect? |
- |
| Use of all limbs? |
Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? |
- |
| Particular marks: |
Cut on chin |
| Cutaneous disorder? |
- |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? |
- |
| Subject to fits? |
- |
| Age last birthday: |
13 |
| Illegitimate? |
- |
| Birthday: |
- |
| Birth place: |
- |
| Has resided: |
Hanley |
| Parish he belongs to: |
Stoke on Trent |
| Customary work and mode of life: |
- |
| Schools attended: |
- |
| By whom and where employed: |
- |
| State of education: |
| Reads: |
Imperfectly |
| Writes: |
Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: |
- |
| General ability: |
- |
| Offence: |
Stealing a scarf |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: |
Bad company |
| Date of sentence: |
3 March 1865 |
| Where convicted: |
Fenton Police Court before J E Davis |
| Who prosecuted: |
- |
| Where imprisoned: |
- |
| Sentence: |
2 months, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: |
None |
| Father's name: |
James Dovey |
| Occupation: |
Labourer |
| Residence: |
2 George Street, Shelton, Hanley [34 Bath Street, Hanley crossed out – previous address?] |
| Mother's name: |
Priscilla Dovey |
| Occupation: |
- |
| Residence: |
- |
| Father's character: |
Good |
| Mother's character: |
Good |
| Parents dead? |
- |
| Survivor married again? |
- |
| Parents' treatment of child: |
Most kind |
| Character of parents |
Health not very good, circumstances not very good |
| Parents' wages: |
15s a week when in work |
| Amount parents agree to pay: |
1s a week but father is at present out of work and mother ill |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): |
S Cole, Hanley |
| Relatives to communicate with: |
- |
| Person making this return: |
J R Rose, Stoke on Trent |
| Estimate of character on admission: |
- |
| Character on discharge: |
- |
| When and how left the Reformatory: |
- |
