| No. in Admissions Register: | 285 |
| Date of admission: | 14 November 1864 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| 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? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | Scar on inside left leg |
| Cutaneous disorder? | Not |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 9 |
| Illegitimate? | Yes |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Sparkbrook, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 1s 10d from his mother |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence: | 15 October 1864 |
| Where convicted: | Moor Street before W Holiday and F J Welch |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 1 month, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Stealing 3s from his mother |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Mother's name: | Hannah Smith |
| Occupation: | Lacquerer and washerwoman |
| Residence: | Dark Terrace, Henry Street [should be Henley?], Sparkbrook, Birmingham |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| 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: | - |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
3 October 1864 A previous, similar, offence is reported in the Birmingham Daily Gazette Monday 3 October 1864 p.5 col.3: CHILDREN PROSECUTED BY THEIR MOTHERS. -Two cases of a very unusual and painful nature next came before the Court. A child of nine years of age, named William Smith, was prosecuted by his mother, who lives in Henley Street, Camp Hill, for stealing 5s. from her. The boy acknowledged that he was guilty of taking the 5s. and spending it in cakes. The mother stated that she had had him up once before for stealing 3s. from her, and the lad himself added that he was once before the Court for "robbing apples." The Mayor lectured the boy. and sentenced him to seven days' imprisonment.
17 October 1864 There is a report of his offence in the Birmingham Daily Gazette Monday 17 October 1864 p.5 col.4: A BAD LAD. -A diminutive little fellow, nine years of age, named William Smith, of Henry Street, Camp Hill, labourer, was charged with stealing 1s. 10½d. and a box, the property of his mother, a widow; and as he had been before the 'Magistrates previously, and bore a very bad character, he was ordered to be imprisoned for a month, and then kept in a reformatory for five years.
14 November 1868 Discharged
January 1870 In Birmingham. Good [character]
December 1870 In Birmingham. Bad
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