| No. in Admissions Register: | 151 |
| Date of admission: | 20 October 1858 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | Mr Mountford |
| On what terms: | Under committal |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Light |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | - |
| Use of all limbs? | - |
| Had cow or small pox? | - |
| Particular marks: | Marks on his side of a [two words unreadable] burn |
| Cutaneous disorder? | - |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | - |
| Subject to fits? | - |
| Age last birthday: | 13 |
| Illegitimate? | Uncertain |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | No settled residence |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Stoke on Trent |
| Customary work and mode of life: | At a forge |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | None |
| General ability: | Fair |
| Offence: | Stealing 2 pounds of brass from a mill |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | |
| Date of sentence: | 29 September 1858 |
| Where convicted: | Longton |
| Who prosecuted: | William Roden Vothers |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison, a whipping, 4 years detention at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | 1 month for vagrancy; 1 month for vagrancy; 21 days for vagrancy |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Both dead |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents: | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| 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 | - |
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 Toronto with 111 [Henry Brittain], 120 [Henry Penefeather], and 124 [Peter Oswald]. [Sailed on 20 January 1861, but officially discharged at this date]
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.
11 August 1862 Heard from. Doing well. Working for Mr John Polson, King Street East, Toronto, Canada.
12 February 1863 Heard from. Working as above stated.
7 September 1863 Heard from. Working as above stated. Doing very well.
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