| No. in Admissions Register: | 368 |
| Date of admission: | 29 November 1867 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cowpox |
| Particular marks: | Ruptured |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 14 |
| Illegitimate? | Not |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Brass founding |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | A little |
| Writes: | None |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 2 coats |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence: | 17 October 1867 |
| Where convicted: | Moor Street before F J Welch and H Manton |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 6 weeks prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Twice brought up but prosecutors failed to appear |
| Father's name: | James Mills |
| Occupation: | Brass founder |
| Residence: | 6 court Moland Street, Birmingham |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Mills |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Indifferent |
| Character of parents | Indifferent |
| Parents' wages: | 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s per week |
| 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 October 1867 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Gazette Monday 21 October 1867 p.4 col.3: THEFT OF WORKMEN'S JACKETS.- John Mills (14), brassfounder, 6 Court, Moland Street, was charged witu stealing, in company with two others, not in custody, two jackets, belonging to workmen at tbe Princip Street Flour Mill. The jackets were hanging in a workshop, into which the thieves must have sneaked in the absence of the men. They were seen passing along the street with a bundle, and on being taxed as to its contents, two of them ran away, but the prisoner was detained and given into custody. - He was ordered to be imprisoned for one month, and at the end of that time to be sent to a reformatory for four years.
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