| No. in Admissions Register: |
302 |
| Date of admission: |
13 June 1865 |
| Whence received: |
Stafford |
| By whom brought: |
- |
| 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? |
Both |
| Particular marks: |
Scar under left ear |
| Cutaneous disorder? |
Yes |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? |
No |
| Subject to fits? |
No |
| Age last birthday: |
13 |
| Illegitimate? |
- |
| Birthday: |
- |
| Birth place: |
- |
| Has resided: |
Nowhere |
| Parish he belongs to: |
Not known |
| Customary work and mode of life: |
Vagrant |
| Schools attended: |
- |
| By whom and where employed: |
- |
| State of education: |
| Reads: |
Not at all |
| Writes: |
Not at all |
| Cyphers: |
- |
| General ability: |
- |
| Offence: |
Stealing papers |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: |
Stepfather's bad training |
| Date of sentence: |
29 May 1865 |
| Where convicted: |
Leek before J Alsop, J Russell, T Carr |
| Who prosecuted: |
- |
| Where imprisoned: |
- |
| Sentence: |
14 days, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: |
Not known |
| Father's name: |
- |
| Occupation: |
- |
| Residence: |
- |
| Mother's name: |
- |
| Occupation: |
- |
| Residence: |
- |
| Father's character: |
- |
| Mother's character: |
- |
| Parents dead? |
Both |
| Survivor married again? |
- |
| Parents' treatment of child: |
Stepfather, William Sinclair, trained the boy to thieve, led a wandering life, and has now disappeared |
| Character of parents |
Good |
| Parents' wages: |
- |
| Amount parents agree to pay: |
Nothing |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): |
- |
| Relatives to communicate with: |
- |
| Person making this return: |
G Shaw, Leek |
| Estimate of character on admission: |
- |
| Character on discharge: |
- |
| When and how left the Reformatory: |
22 Jul 1869 - Emigrated to Canada |
