| No. in Admissions Register: | 204 |
| Date of admission: | 26 January 1861 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | 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? | Yes |
| Particular marks: | Cast of eyes |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | About 8, apparently |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | 2 Camden Drive, Camden Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Errand boy |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes ability: | Not at all |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 2 toy fiddles, etc |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 7 January 1861 |
| Where convicted: | Moor Street, Birmingham |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Has been twice previously before the magistrates but not imprisoned |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Mother's name: | Hannah [Smith – surname not given] |
| Occupation: | Lacquerer |
| Residence: | 2 Camden Drive, Camden Street, Birmingham |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | T C S Kynnersley |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
8 January 1861 There is a report of his offence in the Birmingham Daily Post Tuesday 8 January 1861 p.2 col.6: A COUPLE OF JUVENILE THIEVES. - Two ragged little fellows, named Andrew Mason and Jesse Smith, both living in Camden Street, were charged with stealing 10s from the till of Henry Shaylor, provision dealer, Icknield Street East. They were remanded from Saturday for the attendance of their parents, they having been found guilty of sneaking into the prosecutor's shop and stealing 10s. On being searched at the station by Police-Constable 22, two small fiddles and a small leather bag were found In their possession. The officer made enquiries, and ascertained that they had been stolen from the shop of Edward Walker, toy dealer, Icknield Street West. Sergeant Teggins stated that both prisoners had been In custody before for felony, and had brothers in Reformatory Schools. The prisoners were each sentenced to twenty-. one days Imprisonment with hard labour, and after the expiration of that term to be sent to a Reformatory school for five years.
1 October 1867 Doing middling - not reconvicted
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