| No. in Admissions Register: | 448 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Birthmark left loin |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 10 July 1871 5 years |
| Late residence: | Barford Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Kidderminster |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Striker |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing a bottle of ginger beer |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 20 June 1871, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley |
| Where imprisoned: | Borough Prison, Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | George [Coley] |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Mother's name: | Maria [Coley] |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Father drunken |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | No sum mentioned |
| Parents address: | Barford Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | G Glossop |
| Person making this return: | D Meaden |
27 June 1923 Coley called to see the old place. Now in Birmingham, but had spent 40 years with ironworks in South Wales. Says there is a tremendous change in the conditions and treatment of the boys.
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