| No. in Admissions Register: | 305 |
| Date of admission: | 19 June 1865 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | - |
| Hair colour: | - |
| Eyes colour: | - |
| Perfect vision? | - |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Sound intellect? | - |
| Use of all limbs? | - |
| Had cow or small pox? | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| Cutaneous disorder? | - |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | - |
| Subject to fits? | - |
| Age last birthday: | 12 |
| Illegitimate? | Yes |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Holbarn, Newcastle, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Newcastle |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Larceny |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 29 May 1865 |
| Where convicted: | Newcastle |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 21 days, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Reprimanded |
| Father's name: | James Murphy |
| Occupation: | Rag gatherer |
| Residence: | Holbarn, Newcastle |
| Mother's name: | Bridget Murphy |
| Occupation: | Rag gatherer |
| Residence: | Holbarn, Newcastle |
| Father's character: | Suspicious |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Indifferent |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | Unknown |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d per week |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | J Williams, Newcastle |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
3 June 1865 There is a brief report of the crime in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 3 June 1865 p.7 col.5: JUVENILE DEPRAVITY. -John Murphy. Henry Pemberton, and Patrick Miles, three dirty neglected boys, from nine to twelve years of age, wall known in the town as vagrants and thieves, were brought up charged with stealing twelve purses and three boxes, of the value of 4s., the property of Benjamin Beeston, a smallware dealer, residing in Lower-street. Murphy and Pemberton pleaded guilty, and Miles not guilty, and their recriminations while In the dock seemed to favour their plea. The Bench considered that there was no case against Miles, and he was dismissed with a reprimand. The other two were ordered to be imprisoned for 21 days, and after the term of imprisonment to be sent to a reformatory school for four years
29 July 1865 There is a very brief report of his father being summoned to order payment of maintenance for his son, in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 29 July 1865 p.2 col.2: James Murphy, a rag and bone collector, was ordered to pay 1s 6d per week towards the support of his son John Murphy, aged twelve years, who is now in the Saltley Reformatory.
1 January 1869 Licensed
18 June 1869 Discharged
December 1870 Doing well at Newcastle
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