| No. in Admissions Register: | 144 |
| Date of admission: | 31 May 1858 |
| Whence received: | Hardwick Reformatory |
| By whom brought: | Mr Boyd |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Light |
| Hair colour: | Light |
| Eyes colour | Blue |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Yes |
| Particular marks: | Scar on forehead; left cheek [cannot read 2 words] |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 12 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | 16 Cross Key Lane, Gloucester |
| Parish to which he belongs: | St Mary le] Crypt, Gloucester |
| Customary work and mode of life: | No work, a little schooling, hanging about, and running away from home. |
| Schools attended: | Hardwick Reformatory School |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | |
| General ability: | |
| Offence: | Stealing lead attached to a dwelling house (about 9d) |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | An elder brother taught him and took him out |
| Date of sentence: | 6 March 1858 |
| Where convicted: | - |
| Sentence: | 2 years at Reformatory |
| Where imprisoned: | County Gaol Gloucester |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None |
| Father's name: | Charles Okey |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Residence: | 16 Cross Key Lane, Gloucester |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | Washerwoman |
| Residence: | |
| Father's character: | Gets drunk at least once a week |
| Mother's character: | Sober and industrious |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Father hard and cruel; mother kind and good |
| Character of parents: | - |
| Parents' wages: | Father 15s per week; mother a good washing business |
| Weekly amount parents will pay | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | Mr Joseph Boyd, schoolmaster, Hardwick Reformatory, Gloucester |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | 9 April 1860 on expiration of term |
27 March 1858 There is a very brief report of his crime in the Gloucestershire Chronicle Saturday 27 March 1858 p.4 col.6: Thomas Okey for stealing lead from Mr J Smith, 14 days imprisonment, and two years at Hardwicke Reformatory.
9 April 1860 Returned to his parents at Gloucester
1 January 1861 Heard of as cabin boy to Captain Macdonald, South Shields. Had an excellent character and at this date is on a voyage to Alexandria.
November 1862 Bound for four years in the brig Morning Star of Gloucester. Owner of the brig said he was "a very good boy indeed and gave every satisfaction to the captain and officers."
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