| No. in Admissions Register: | 470 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Hull |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fair |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Visage: | Broad |
| Particular marks: | Scar on nose |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 23 April 1872 5 years |
| Late residence: | Stanford Place, Hessle Road, Hull |
| Parish he belongs to: | Hessle, Hull |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Mash and black making |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 1s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad companions |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 27 March 1872, Hull Police Court, J H Travis |
| Where imprisoned: | Hull Borough Prison |
| Sentence: | 28 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father’s name: | George Dinsdale |
| Occupation: | Deal carrier |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Dinsdale |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents’ treatment of child: | Kind |
| Character of parents | Good as far as known |
| Parents’ wages: | 17s 6d per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s per week |
| Parents address: | Victoria Terrace, Stanford Place, Hessle Road, Hull |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
28 March 1872 There is a brief report of the offence in the Eastern Morning News Thursday 28 March 1872 p.4 col.6: G. W. Dinsdale, a youth, was charged on remand with stealing a shilling, the property of his mother, Sarah Dinsdale. He was ordered to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for thirty days, and then to be sent to a Reformatory.
19 November 1875 Licensed
6 December 1875 There is a letter from the boy [wording and spelling as given]: Dear Sir, as you required me to right once a month I have got a situation at the North Eastern Railway Station and my employer is Mr Stroier and would you be kind enough to send me the leave paper. We have had a officer down hear tonight from the police station to know if our address was right. I hope I shall be able to stay as I like very well. Yours respectfully, G W Dinsdale, 6 Ansley Terrace, Spring Street, Hull, December 6th 1875.
8 December 1875 There is also a letter from the police in Hull: Sir, In reply to your letter of the 3rd inst I beg to inform you the lad "Dinsdale" is employed as an engine cleaner at the North Eastern Railway Station here. His foreman is named Mr Strowyer. Dinsdale's father resides at No.6 Ansley Terrace, Spring Street, in this parish. He has been recommended to let you know of any change of residence. I am sir, your obedient servant, Steven(?) Cook
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