| No. in Admissions Register: | 248 |
| Date of admission: | 14 February 1863 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham |
| 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: | Scar on breast |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 11 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | 78 Edward Street, Parade, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Printer |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 8 newspapers |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not known |
| Date of sentence: | 2 February 1863 |
| Where convicted: | Moor Street, before T C S Kynnersley |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None – several times charged but not convicted |
| Father's name: | William Buxton (stepfather) |
| Occupation: | Jobbing butcher |
| Residence: | 78 Edward Street, Parade, Birmingham |
| Mother's name: | Emma Buxton |
| Occupation: | Tripe seller |
| Residence: | 78 Edward Street, Parade, Birmingham [underneath is written 6 Howard Street, St George's, Birmingham – a previous address?] |
| Father's character: | “appears a decent man” |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | “No reason to suppose they ill-treated him” |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | An order to be made for a small sum |
| 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: | - |
12 February 1868 Discharged while on licence
17 December 1867 Employed by Mr Hedge, butcher, Dudley Street, Wolverhampton
November 1868 On board training ship at Plymouth
October 1870 At sea
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