| No. in Admissions Register: | 194 |
| Date of admission: | 1 December 1860 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | Stout |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | - |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Yes |
| Particular marks: | - |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 15 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | 35 Wrentham Street, Birmingham |
| Parish to which he belongs: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Jeweller |
| Schools attended: | Bishop Street School |
| By whom and where employed: | Mr Batkin, Smallbrook Street |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | A little |
| Writes: | A little |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 2s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence: | 19 November 1860 |
| Where convicted: | Birmingham |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison, 5 years detention at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None, but has been charged with felony and loafed about with bad characters |
| Father's name: | Robert Hodges (stepfather) |
| Occupation: | Cabinet maker |
| Residence: | 35 Wrentham Street, Birmingham |
| Mother's name: | Marianne Hodges |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | 35 Wrentham Street, Birmingham |
| Father's character: | Good |
| Mother's character: | Good |
| Parents dead? | Own father |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Stepfather disliked him |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Magistrates 'think they should pay 2s a week' |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | G Glossop, Moor Street, Birmingham |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | T S C Kynnersley |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
[Prosecuted by G H Fisher and R S Gough]
13 July 1863 Licensed to work for Mr Morgan at Northfield
14 September 1863 Taken to Plymouth to emigrate to Sydney for ship Ida
15 September 1864 Heard of doing well. Servant to Mr O'Brian, Tattersalls Hotel, George Street, Sydney
November 1864 Letter to his mother - doing well
October 1866 Letter to his mother - doing well
11 December 1867 Called at the school, having returned from Australia at the request of his mother
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