| No. in Admissions Register: |
147 |
| Date of admission: |
16 June 1858 |
| Whence received: |
Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: |
Mr Mountford, Deputy Governor |
| On what terms: |
- |
| Friends interested in him: |
- |
| Description: |
| Height: |
- |
| Figure: |
- |
| Complexion: |
Fresh |
| Hair colour: |
Light brown |
| Eyes colour: |
Grey |
| Perfect vision? |
Yes |
| State of health: |
Good |
| Able-bodied? |
Yes |
| Sound intellect? |
Yes |
| Use of all limbs? |
Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? |
No |
| Particular marks: |
Scar on left cheek |
| Cutaneous disorder? |
No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? |
No |
| Subject to fits? |
No |
| Age last birthday: |
14 |
| Illegitimate? |
No |
| Birthday: |
- |
| Birth place: |
- |
| Has resided: |
Wolverhampton |
| Parish to which he belongs: |
Wolverhampton |
| Customary work and mode of life: |
Labourer at an iron forge |
| Schools attended: |
- |
| By whom and where employed: |
- |
| State of education: |
| Reads: |
Imperfectly |
| Writes: |
Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: |
- |
| General ability: |
- |
| Offence: |
Stealing a handkerchief |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: |
Parents' neglect |
| Date of sentence: |
2 June 1858 |
| Where convicted: |
Wolverhampton |
| Where imprisoned: |
- |
| Sentence: |
14 days prison, 4 years at Reformatory |
| Previous committals and convictions: |
None |
| Father's name: |
Hector Beaton |
| Occupation |
Overlooker at a Scotch ironworks; was a railway watchman |
| Residence: |
- |
| Mother's name: |
Ellen Beaton |
| Occupation: |
- |
| Residence: |
Castle Yard, Market Street, Wolverhampton. Now in gaol. |
| Father's character: |
Industrious and respectful |
| Mother's character: |
Drinker |
| Parents dead? |
Mother |
| Survivor married again? |
No |
| Parents' treatment of child: |
Greatly neglected |
| Character of parents: |
Separated owing to drunkenness of wife |
| Parents' wages: |
Not known |
| Weekly amount parents will pay |
- |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): |
- |
| Relatives to communicate with: |
| Person making this return: |
- |
| Estimate of character on admission: |
- |
| Character on discharge: |
- |
| When and how left the Reformatory: |
Emigrated to Australia on 12 Jul 1862 on board the Stornaway |
