| No. in Admissions Register: | 528 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | Bedford Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Scar on forehead |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 11 February 1875 5 years |
| Late residence: | Harpin Street, Bedford |
| Parish he belongs to: | St Peter's, Bedford |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Errand boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Receiving stolen money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 7 January 1875, Bedford Quarter Sessions, J T Abby, Receiver |
| Where imprisoned: | Bedford Prison |
| Sentence: | 6 weeks prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | One |
| Length: | 2 days and 12 strokes with birch |
| For what: | Stealing a knife |
| Father's name: | Thomas Harper |
| Occupation: | Sack carrier |
| Mother's name: | Ann Harper |
| Occupation: | Lace seller |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s or 1s 6d per week |
| Parents address: | 67 Harpin Street, Bedford |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | |
| Person making this return: | - |
&9 January 1875 There is a brief report of the crime in the Northampton Mercury Saturday 9 January 1875 p.8 col.2: Charles George, George Clare, John Tollett, and William Harper, boys, were charged with breaking the shop of Joseph Mayes, Harper St., and stealing £15. -George was sentenced to three weeks imprisonment and five years in a Reformatory; Harper to six weeks and five years, and Tollett to four weeks and five years. Clare was reprimanded. Borough Sessions,
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