| No. in Admissions Register: | 172 |
| Date of admission: | 23 May 1860 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Dark |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | None |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | Not apparently |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 13 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Wolverhampton |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Wolverhampton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Worked at forges but did very little |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | A little |
| Writes: | Nil |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Larceny - stealing 30s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence: | 9 May 1860 |
| Where convicted: | Wolverhampton Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison, 5 years detention at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | - |
| Father's name: | Thomas Loftus |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Residence: | Himley, Wolverhampton |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | Believed to be honest |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother is |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | 9s |
| Amount parents agree tp pay: | 1s per week |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | W Bradley, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | John Collins Ward, Clerk to the magistrates |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
2 May 1860 There is a very short report of his crime in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser, Wednesday 2 May 1860, p.6, col.1: Patrick Lofthouse [surname spelled thus], another juvenile of the Artful Dodger fraternity. made his third or fourth appearance in Court. He was this time charged with stealing 30ss.belonging to a Mr. Clark. He admitted stealing 17s. of the money. The Bench remanded him for a week
9 May 1860 There is a brief report relating to his sentence in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser, Wednesday 9 May 1860, p.6, col.1: In the case of a boy named Loftus, who had also been found guilty of felony Mr. Leigh said it seemed probable that an application which had been male for his admission into the Reformatory Institution at Saltley would be successful. It was not, however, quite certain, as a long list of questions respecting him had to be answered, but if the answers were satisfactory he would be admitted. His father would have to contribute towards his maintenance.-The father, who is an agriculturai labourer, living at Himley, attended and stated that his earnings amounted to only 9s..per week, and he should not able to pay more than 1s. of that sum towards his son's support.
26 July 1860 Absconded through sick room window with Evans [boy.134]
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