| No. in Admissions Register: | 330 |
| Date of admission: | 1 March 1866 |
| 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? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| Cutaneous disorder? | - |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | - |
| Subject to fits? | - |
| Age last birthday: | 11 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Bilston Street, Wolverhampton |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wolverhampton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Errand boy |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 3s 5d |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 16 February 1866 |
| Where convicted: | Wolverhampton before I Spooner |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days' prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | One |
| Father's name: | John Hodson |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Mother's name: | Ann Hodson |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | Bilston Street, Wolverhampton |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | Not |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | Relieved by parish |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | None |
| 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: | - |
21 February 1866 There is a lengthy report on the crime, but with the first name of the boy erroneously given as William, in the Wolverhampton Chronicle and Staffordshire Advertiser Wednesday 21 February 1866 p.6 col.3: COMMITTAL TO A REFORMATORY.-An intelligent looking boy, named William Hudson [name given thus], twelve years of age, was charged with having stolen the sum of 6s., belonging to Thomas Yates. The prisoner was in the employ of Mr. Wellings, confectioner, Bilston-street, and lived there, and the prosecutor was a lodger in the same house. On Thursday night Yates, for some reason or other, undressed himself down stairs and then went to bed, leaving his trousers and waistcoat in the kitchen. On the following morning the prisoner was up first, and when the prosecutor came down stairs he found that the sum of 6s., which he had left in his waistcoat pocket the night previous, was missing. The prisoner was asked about it, but he denied having seen the money. During the day, however, it came to the knowledge of the boy's master that he had been changing a shilling, and on questioning him about it he ultimately admitted that he had taken tome money out of the man's pocket. He was then given into the custody of Police-sergeant Ross, and on that officer charging him with the offence, replied, "No; I did not take 6s., it was only 3s. 5d." Prisoner made the same reply to the Bench. -Inspector Lavery stated that the prisoner was only convicted on the 26th. Jan. last of stealing money from the till of his then master, Mr. Tunnicliffe, glass and china dealer. Cock-street, on which occasion he was sentenced to be whipped.-Mr. Spooner: And much good has it done him. I've no faith in whipping.- In reply to the Bench, the master of the lad stated that he was aware of his previous conviction, and he took him into his service directly afterwards. He did so on account of the boy's mother, who was a poor widow, and he promised that if he behaved himself he would clothe and feed him and be tike a father to him. He told the lad the same, and promised to allow him something every week for pocket money. Before, however, he had been many days in his employ witness caught him with his hand in the money till, but on his promising never to do so again forgave him.-Mr Spooner said kindness was only thrown away on such a lad. He should sentence him to fourteen days' imprisonment, and after that sent to a reformatory for five years.
9 February 1869 Licensed
January 1871 Called at the school - doing well in the service of the Great Western Railway Company
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