| No. in Admissions Register: | 408 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Sandy |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Cut on upper lip |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 23 July 1869 5 years |
| Late residence: | Moxley, Bilston |
| Parish he belongs to: | Bilston |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Working in pits |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing 2½d |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 23 June 1869, Wolverhampton Petty Sessions, J Spooner |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | John Davis |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Mary Davis |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and in good health |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
24 June 1869 There is a short report of the offence in the Birmingham Daily Post Thursday 24 June 1869 p.8 col.2: SENT TO A REFORMATORY.- At the Wolverhampton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. I. Spooner, a little lad, named William Davis, residing with his parents at Bilston, was brought up on remand from Bilston Police Court, charged with stealing 5½d. from the till of a shop. The case was proved on the previous day, and Mr. Spooner then ordered inquiries to be made as to the boy's antececedents.- Yesterday, it was reported that although the lad had never been convicted, yet he had a very bad character, and was constantly running about the streets, without his parents appearing to care for him. Mr. Spooner said that he should therefore send the lad to a Reformatory, and order the father to pay for him.
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