| No. in Admissions Register: | 284 |
| Date of admission: | 10 November 1864 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fair |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Protected |
| Particular marks: | Scar on chin |
| Cutaneous disorder? | Not |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 15 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Vagrancy |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence: | 20 October 1864 |
| Where convicted: | Moor Street before T C S Kynnersley |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None |
| Father's name: | Thomas Bates |
| Occupation: | Brassfounder |
| Residence: | 4 court 1 house Ryland Street, Birmingham |
| Mother's name: | Sophia Bates (stepmother) |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | Honest, sober, and industrious |
| Mother's character: | Drunken |
| Parents dead? | Own mother |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good by father; bad by stepmother |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d per week |
| 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: | - |
1 August 1864 A previous offence is reported in the Birmingham Daily Post Monday 1 August 1864 p.6 col.4: GARDEN ROBBERY. - Alfred Bates (14), chandelier maker, Ryland Street, and John Owen (13), chandelier maker, Grosvenor Street West, were charged with stealing a quantity of apples from the garden of Mrs. Catherine Shore, Chad Road. The prisoners both pleaded guilty, and were ordered to pay a fine of 2s. 6d each or go to gaol for three days.
29 October 1864 There is a report of his offence in Aris's Birmingham Gazette Saturday 29 October 1864 p.7 col.3: JUVENILE OFFENDERS. - John Tarry, 15, living at No. 105, Ryland Street North, and Alfred Bates, 15, no fixed residence, were charged with sleeping in a stable belonging to the Birmingham Canal Company, in Icknield Port Road. The father of the prisoner Tarry gave his son a very bad character, and stated that he was in the habit of robbing him and sleeping out. Mr. Kynnersley ordered the boys to be each imprisoned for fourteen days, and then to be sent a Reformatory for four years.
25 December 1866 Called at the school. Doing well. Gave him a Bible and prayer book
1 June 1868 Called at the school. Doing well.
January 1869 Called at the school. Doing well. Writing pad
December 1870 Called at the school. Doing well. A family Bible
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