| No. in Admissions Register: | 471 |
| Age: | |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Blind of left eye |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 11 May 1872 5 years |
| Late residence: | Stafford |
| Parish he belongs to: | Castle Church |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Errand boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a pipe |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not known |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 13 April 1872, Stafford Petty Sessions, W T Locker and E Magee |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford County Prison |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | One |
| Length: | 2 months |
| For what: | Stealing money |
| Father’s name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Ann Johnson |
| Occupation: | Charwoman |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents’ treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents’ wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not able pay |
| Parents address: | Castletown, Stafford |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
20 April 1872 There is a report of the crime in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 20 April 1872 p.7 col.3: A SAD STORY - A lad named John James Johnson, aged 14 years, pleaded to guilty stealing a meerschaum pipe, of the value of 5s., the property of his mother. Ann Johnson, at the parish of Castle Church The mother made a sad statement with reference to the misconduct of her son, with whom she could do no good, he having misbehaved himself for some time in a disgraceful manner. Among other acts of his were the taking away from home of a watch and unsuccessfully endeavouring to dispose of it, and the appropriation to purposes of his own pleasure of money given to him by his mother to make purchases in town for the household. The Bench passed a sentence of a month's imprisonment, with five years' subsequent confinement in a Reformatory.
1 June [no year] Licensed to work for [sentence unfinished]
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