| No. in Admissions Register: | 364 |
| Date of admission: | 24 September 1867 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Neither |
| Particular marks: | None |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | Not apparent |
| Subject to fits? | Not |
| Age last birthday: | 13 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Bradley, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Haughton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Bricklaying and farmwork |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 17s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence: | 24 August 1867 |
| Where convicted: | Stafford before J H Webb and W J Locker |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None |
| Father's name: | George Madeley |
| Occupation: | Bricklayer |
| Residence: | Bradley near Stafford |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | Honest, sober |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes, Margaret Madeley |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Boy says badly |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | Not known. Is a jobbing bricklayer in a small way |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s 6d per week |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Mr Crisp, Stafford |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
26 August 1867 There is a short report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Monday 26 August 1867 p.3 col.5: George Madeley, a lad, thirteen years of age, pleaded guilty to stealing 17s., the moneys of Samuel Lees, at Bradley. The Hon, and Rev. A C. Talbot, who was acquainted with the circumstances of the prisoner's family, said the kindest thing that could be done was to send him to gaol, for one month and to a reformatory for five years afterward, which was the sentence of the Bench.
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