| No. in Admissions Register: | 293 |
| Date of admission: | 8 January 1865 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | Mole on chest |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | Not apparent |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 13 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | 34 Park Street, Wolverhampton |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Worked at an iron handle foundry |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing a piece of bacon |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 9 December 1864 |
| Where convicted: | Wolverhampton |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 1 month, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Stealing a pair of boots |
| Father's name: | Samuel Jones |
| Occupation: | In penal servitude |
| Residence: | - |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Jones |
| Occupation: | Dress maker |
| Residence: | 34 Park Street, Wolverhampton |
| 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: | Not able to pay anything |
| 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: | - |
12 October 1864 There is a report of the previous offence in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser Wednesday 12 October 1864 p.5 col.5: Two lads, named George Lewis and Thomas Cannon, were charged with having stolen a box of pencils from the shop of John Walton, Bilston; and they were further charged on suspicion of stealing a pair of shoes from another shop. They were both remanded until to-day (Wednesday), to be brought before Mr. Spooner, at Wolverhampton, in which town they reside.
14 December 1864 There is a report of the crime in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser Wednesday 14 December 1864 p.6 col.2: George Lewis, John Moran, Edward Hagan, and Thomas Cooney, four boys, were again brought up charged with having stolen a piece of bacon from the shop of Mr. Silvester, provision dealer, of Dudley-street. The charge was proved. All the prisoners, except Cooney, had been in custody on previous occasions. A very good account of Moran and Hogan's recent behaviour was, however, given to Mr. Spooner, who, therefore, gave them another chance of retrieving their character, committing them, with Cooney, to only one day's imprisonment. With respect to Lewis, however, the case was different, and he was committed to prison for one month. Afterwards he is to be sent a Reformatory for five years.
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