| No. in Admissions Register: | 365 |
| Date of admission: | 30 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? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | Cut left side of chin |
| Cutaneous disorder? | Not |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | Not apparent |
| Subject to fits? | Not |
| Age last birthday: | 13 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Lapley |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Farm work |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | - |
| Writes: | - |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing stirrups |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence: | 29 August 1867 |
| Where convicted: | Brewood before P F Hussey and J Thompson |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison, 2 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None |
| Father's name: | John Evans |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Residence: | Spring Bank, Wheaton Aston, Staffordshire |
| Mother's name: | Ann Evans |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | Good |
| Mother's character: | Good |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 16s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Will not engage to pay anything |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Mr E Crisp, Stafford |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
31 August 1867 There is a short report of the crime in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 31 August 1867 p.7 col.4: THEFT BY A BOY. - John Evans, a lad twelve years of age, residing in the parish of Lapley, was charged with stealing a pair of stirrups and leathers, the property of Mr Joseph Smith, at Ivetsy Bank. The charge was proved by Police Constable Moran. The prisoner's father gave him a very indifferent character, and the Bench sentenced him to one month's imprisonment in the house of correction, and at the termination of that sentence to be sent to a reformatory school for two years.
18 August 1869 Went home to seek employment. Lives with his father at Straightway Road, Ivetsy Bank, Penkridge
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