| No. in Admissions Register: | 405 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Scar on right thigh and shoulder |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 19 May 1869 5 years |
| Late residence: | Dartmouth Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Pearl button maker |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing a felt hat |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 29 April 1869, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley Esq. |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 7 days |
| For what: | Stealing a pair of boots |
| Father's name: | Thomas Heeley(?), stepfather |
| Occupation: | Pearl cutter |
| Mother's name: | Mary Heeley |
| Occupation: | Driller |
| Parents dead? | Own father |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Stepfather out of work from ill health |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not able to contribute |
| Parents address: | Dartmouth Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | G Glossop - |
| Person making this return: | T C S K [Kynnersley] |
1 May 1869 There is a report of the offence in the Birmingham Daily Post Saturday 1 May 1869 p.6 col.5: STEALING A HAT.-Thomas Coverson (14), filer, court, Dartmouth Street, was charged with stealing a hat from the shop of Mr. Reeves, hatter, Snow Hill. Prisoner pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment, and at the end of that time to be sent to a Reformatory for five years.
1 January 1874 Working for the Arms Co., Holdford Mills
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