| No. in Admissions Register: | 145 |
| 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: | - |
| Hair colour: | Rather dark |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| 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: | Simply marked on left arm from vaccination |
| Cutaneous disorder? | Yes |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 14 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | 57 Dale Street, Bristol |
| Parish to which he belongs: | St Paul's, Bristol |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Shoemaking, on and off; frequently hanging about and leaving home |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Nil |
| Cyphers: | |
| General ability: | |
| Offence: | Picking pockets |
| Circumstances which may | His brother (now in the army) taught him to pick pockets |
| Date of sentence: | 6 April 1858 |
| Where convicted: | Bristol Quarter Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Bridewell, Bristol |
| Sentence: | 2 years at Reformatory |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Stealing lead (pardoned because led onto it); sleeping out (pardoned); stealing a knife value 1s (1 month gaol and flogged); sleeping out (1 month gaol) |
| Father's name: | James Watkins |
| Occupation: | Sugar boiler |
| Residence: | 57 Dale Street, Bristol [crossed out]; Belle View Cottage, Newfoundland Gardens, St Paul's, Bristol [inserted] |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | Gets drunk at least once a week |
| Mother's character: | Sober and industrious |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes, Martha Watkins |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Kind |
| Character of parents: | Health good |
| Parents' wages: | 15s per week besides overtime pay |
| 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 |
9 April 1860 Returned to his family Belle View Cottage, Newfoundland Gardens, St Paul's, Bristol
7 January 1861 Heard of at Bristol driving a horse and cart for Mrs Winter (?) Newfoundland shop, St Paul's, Bristol - "is a good boy"
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