| No. in Admissions Register: | 170 |
| Date of admission: | 2 May 1860 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | C W Dew |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | Stout |
| 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? | No |
| Particular marks: | None |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 12 |
| Illegitimate? | Yes |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Willenhall |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Wolverhampton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Miner |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Larceny |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence: | 18 April 1860 |
| Where convicted: | Wolverhampton |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison, 5 years detention at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Larceny; firing a pistol in the street |
| Father's name: | John Baker (stepfather) |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Residence: | 36 Cross Street, Willenhall [Butler's Fold, Willenhall, crossed out] |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Baker |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parent's dead? | Both living |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Mother says that the father has turned him out of doors 5 times in the last 3 years |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | Father 12s per week, mother 9s per week |
| Amount parents agree tp pay: | Mother says she will endeavour to pay 2s per week |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Captain Seagrave, Chief Constable, Wolverhampton |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
11 April 1860 There is a very brief report of his crime in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser Wednesday 11 April 1860 p.5 col.4: Thomas Miller, an old offender, charged with stealing a handkerchief, was remanded until today at Wolverhampton.
9 July 1861 Absconded in the evening under pretence of fetching sticks to light the tailor's fire
10 July 1861 Brought back by his mother in the afternoon
12 November 1862 Let out on leave
8 December 1862 Note from Charles Master, Isaac Bradley & Co, Portobello New Colliery This is to certify that Thomas Miller is in our employ and is conducting himself as a steady, sober and straightforward young man.
1 January 1863 Heard of doing well
18 February 1863 Heard of doing well
1 October 1863 Heard of his committal to Stafford for 6 months
June 1866 Called at the school. In work and doing well
October 1867 Called at the school. In work and doing well
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