| No. in Admissions Register | 461 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Scar on left breast |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 6 January 1872 5 years |
| Late residence: | Gem Street Industrial School, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | - |
| Offence: | Escaping from an industrial school |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not known |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 5 December 1871, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley |
| Where imprisoned: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | One |
| Length: | 6 weeks |
| For what: | Escaping from an industrial school |
| Father’s name: | William Biggs |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents’ treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents’ wages: | £2 per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | No sum mentioned |
| Parents address: | 9 court Bridge Street West, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | G Glossop |
| Person making this return: | - |
28 September 1871 An offence committed while he was at the Industrial School is reported in the Birmingham Daily Gazette Thursday 28 September 1871 p.6 col.6: ABSCONDING FROM AN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.- Frank Stephens (12), and George Biggs (12), inmates of Gem Street Industrial School, were charged with absconding therefrom, and stealing the sum of 8s. 7d. from one o£ the drawers. The prisoners made their escape from the school on Tuesday last. After they had been missed one of the drawers was found broken open, and 8s 7d. taken out. The fugitives were traced to Barnet, near London, by one of the schoolmasters, named Grundy.-They admitted taking the money, and were sent to gaol for six weeks.
3 August 1874 Absconded through tool house window
5 August 1874 Caught near Coventry
12 September 1874 Fetched from Warwick County Prison
1 February 1876 Licensed to work with his father. Lives 3 Wharf Lane, Soho, Birmingham
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