| No. in Admissions Register: | 177 |
| Date of admission: | 9 July 1860 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | - |
| Hair colour: | - |
| Eyes colour: | - |
| Perfect vision? | - |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Sound intellect? | - |
| Use of all limbs? | - |
| Had cow or small pox? | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| Cutaneous disorder? | - |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | - |
| Subject to fits? | - |
| Age last birthday: | 10 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Coles Croft, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Wolverhampton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Chain works |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Nil |
| Writes: | Nil |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing a jacket from a shop door |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 18 April 1860 |
| Where convicted: | Wolverhampton |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison, 4 years detention at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Stealing a cap in Sheffield Street (1 day in prison and whipped) |
| Father's name: | James Tunney |
| Occupation: | Collier |
| Residence: | not known |
| Mother's name: | Mary Tunney |
| Occupation: | Washerwoman |
| Residence: | Coles Croft, Sheffield Street, Wolverhampton |
| Father's character: | Wife has not seen him for 9 years |
| Mother's character: | Honest |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Mother treated him well |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | 1s a day and victuals when she goes out washing |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Nothing |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | John Owen, Snow Hill, Wolverhampton |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
7 March 1860 An earlier offence is reported in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser Wednesday 7 March 1860 p.5 col.1: ROBBERY FROM A SHOP DOOR.-Two little urchins, named Tunney and Prendergast, aged respectively nine and seven years, were charged, on Monday last, at the Borough Police Court, before the Mayor and J. Wynn and G. L. Underhill, Esqs., with haring stolen a cap from the shop door of Mr. Richards, Queen-street, on Saturday night. Tunney, It was stated, took the cap, and both lads then ran away. Each appeared to be neglected by his parents, who are Irish. The Bench handed over Prendergast to his father, whom they admonished for his apparent neglect, and ordered Tunney to be well whipped. Wolverhampton
20 June 1860 There is a very brief report of the crime in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser, Wednesday 20 June 1860, p.4, col.6: ROBBERY FROM A SHOP DOOR..- Martin M'Evoy [boy 175, surname spelled thus], Patrick Moran [boy 176], and Thomas Tunny [boy 177, surname spelled thus], three well-known young thieves, were convicted at the Borough Police Court, on Monday last, of stealing a coat from the shop door of William Henry Laxton, clothier, Darlington-street, and sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment each, to be afterwards sent for four years to a reformatory.
7 July 1854 Returned to his mother on expiration of his term.
January 1865 Not in regular work.
January 1866 In regular work. Doing well.
January 1867 In regular work. Doing well.
October 1867 In regular work. Doing well.
27 December 1867 In regular work. Doing well.
24 November 1888 Tunney is a master tailor in Bell Street, Wolverhampton
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