| No. in Admissions Register: | 190 |
| Date of admission: | 30 October 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: | 15 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Bilston |
| Parish to which he belongs: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | None |
| Writes: | None |
| Cyphers: | |
| General ability: | |
| Offence: | Lodging in an outhouse etc without visible means of living |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Want of parental care and falling into bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 16 October 1860 |
| Where convicted: | Bilston |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison, 2 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Two (2 months and 3 months) |
| Father's name: | Hugh Callagan |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer's labourer |
| Residence: | 2 court, Hangmans Row, Bilston |
| Mother's name: | Margaret Callagan |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Kind, but like that of the lowest class of Irish |
| Character of parents | Nothing known against their character. Appear to be healthy. |
| Parents' wages: | Father 15s a week (neighbours say) |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Magistrates think 2s a week, but they have 4 children under 9 years old and another is expected. Father refused information. |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | Hugh McCrea, Superintendent of Police, Bilston |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
13 June 1860 There is a report of a previous crime in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser Wednesday 13 June 1860 p.5 cols.2-3: STEALING BRASSES.-Yesterday, at the Police Court, Michael Dooley, Owen Callaghan, and John Leighton, three boys, were charged with stealing brasses, the property of Messrs. Cadman and Dodd, from an engine house at Rough Hills. James Phillips, engineer to Jones and Murcott, stated that he was passing the engine house on Wednesday afternoon, and saw Callaghan playing outside the place. Suspecting something was wrong he looked in both the other prisoners came out. Witness searched the place and found a number of brasses detached from the engine and laid upon the boiler, as if for the purpose of being away,-Charles Simmons corroborated the previous witness.-James Dodd, part owner of the engine said he took Callaghan into custody. The prisoner told him they were going to sell the brasses to Davies, the marine store dealer.- Dooley, who was apprehended by Police Constable Bennett, admitted to that officer that he and his companions bad sold some more brasses to Davies on the previous day for 4d per lb. The prisoners elected to be summarily dealt with. Mr. Fletcher, in passing sentence, commented upon the past career of the prisoners, Dooley having before been convicted five times, Leighton and Callaghan three times each. They were now sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour.
17 October 1860 There is a brief account of his offence in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser Wednesday 17 October 1860 p.5 col.6: Owen Callaghan, convicted of having been found in a hovel, was sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, and afterwards to two years' confinement in the Reformatory, Saltley, having been several times previously before the Magistrates.
14 January 1861 Absconded with Merryman [boy 192]
5 March 1861 It is recorded in the Reformatory Minute Book that: 758. Mr Humphreys reported that Callaghan [boy 190] and Merryman [boy 192] absconded on the 14th January and have been since seen at Willenhall, but that Major McKnight had not yet been able to trace them.
2 April 1861 The Minute Book states: 769. Mr Humphreys reported that the boy Callaghan, who absconded some time since was brought from Bilston a fortnight since [March 11]
16 July 1861 The Minute Book recorded: 794. On reading Minute 758 Mt Humphreys reported that Callagan had been recovered after absconding, but not Merryman
5 June 1862 Emigrated to Canada
6 August 1862 Heard from him. Working for a farmer, Mr Leach, Caledon East, Upper Canada, earning £16 a year and everything found.
November 1863 Heard from him [possibly still working for a farmer, this line has ditto instead of words, so is ambiguous] earning £24 a year and going on well.
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