| No in Admissions Register: | 111 |
| Date of admission: | 17 August 1857 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Borough Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | Committed |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Sandy |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox | Vaccinated |
| Particular marks: | Mark below left knee |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 13 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | Birmingham |
| Has resided: | Tower Street, Birmingham |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Rope making |
| Schools attended: | None |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Nil |
| Writes: | Nil |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 1s 1½ d from W Thusston |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not known |
| Date of sentence: | 4 August 1857 |
| Where convicted: | Police Court, Birmingham, before T C S Kynnersley, Esq. |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Previous committals and convictions: | none |
| Father's name: | Not to be found |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | 88 Unett Street, New John Street, Birmingham |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Brittain |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | Tower Street, Great Hampton Road, Birmingham |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | Not known. Has separated from her husband and lives with one William Thurston, from whom the boy stole the money |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents: | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Weekly amount parents will pay: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | D Meaden, Governor, Borough Gaol, Birmingham |
| Estimate of character on admission: | Quiet and good natured |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
8 August 1857 There is a short report of his crime in the Birmingham Journal Saturday 8 August 1857 p.6 col.4: A MEMBER FOR REFORMATION. - Henry Britton [surname spelled thus], a boy of thirteen, described as a glass blower, and living in Tower Street, was charged with stealing 3s 0½d, the property of William Thurston, candlestick maker, his master. The prisoner had been at the bar on a previous occasion for a similar offence. He acknowledged taking the money, and was sent to the House of Correction for fourteen days, Mr Kynnersley intimating that at the end of that time he must be kept at the Saltley Reformatory for five years.
1 December 1857 name on Good conduct List
2 April 1861 The Reformatory Minute Book reported: 771. On reading Minute 759 Mr Humphreys recommended the following boys to Canada: Pennyfather [boy 120], Lowe [boy 151], Brittain [boy 111].
20 June 1861 emigrated to Canada with boys 120 [Henry Pennefather], 124 [Peter Oswald], and 151 [William Lowe]. Considered discharged 30 June 1861
16 July 1861 The Minute Book states: 791. On reading Minute 736 and subsequent Minutes down to Minute 780, it was reported that the final selection of boys to complete the number for emigration had fallen upon Pennefather [boy 120] and Abberley [boy 152] and that accordingly, Pennefather, Brittain [boy 111], Lowe [boy 151], and Oswald [boy 124] had gone to Canada, and that Abberley, Drake [boy 138], Beaton [boy 147], and Berry [boy 137] had gone to Sydney since last meeting of the Committee.
6 August 1862 Lowe says "Brittain is working at the farming"
3 October 1863 Smallwood [boy 168] reports him still going on well near Toronto
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