| No. in Admissions Register: | 229 |
| Date of admission: | 20 November 1861 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Sandy |
| 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: | Cut on forehead |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | Not apparent |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 11 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | 28 September |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Newcastle under Lyme |
| Parish he belongs to: | Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing a fowl |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Neglect of parents |
| Date of sentence: | 9 November 1861 |
| Where convicted: | Newcastle |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None |
| Father's name: | Robert Gordon |
| Occupation: | Assistant Bailiff of County Court |
| Residence: | Market Street, Newcastle under Lyme |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Gordon |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | Believed to be honest and sober |
| Mother's character: | Does not live with her husband |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Indifferent |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | Father |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | J Williams |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | Mr Cartwright, Newcastle under Lyme |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
29 November 1866 Discharged
January 1868 Father wrote saying he was honest but poor
16 January 1868 Letter from father: Pepper Street, Newcastle Mr Humphreys Sir - he has a great wish to emigrate to Canada and ask you to please to get him a passage to Canada and if you think you can get him one, he will engage to work for his passage in Canada on your conditions. I wait for your reply. I remain your obedient servant, Robert Gordon
June 1868 Tipton. Good [character]
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