| No. in Admissions Register: | 627 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | - |
| Hair colour: | - |
| Eyes colour: | - |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Date of admission: | 9 January 1879 |
| Late residence: | Bloxwich |
| Parish he belongs to: | Bloxwich |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Miner |
| Whether illegitimate: | Yes |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing clothing |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Suspected of being encouraged by his mother |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 9 December 1878; B Gilpin and R K Briscoe; Cannock Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford Gaol |
| Sentence: | 1 month hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | James Yates (step-father) |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Yates |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and good health |
| Parents' wages: | 4s 6d per day |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Refuses to pay |
| Parents address: | Peel Terrace, Hednesford, Staffordshire |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
14 December 1878 There is a probable report of the crime in the Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle Saturday 14 December 1878 p.3 col.6: JUVENILE.THIEVES. - At the same Court, three children. about twelve year, of age, named John Yates. Emma Yates, and Thomas Tolley, all of Hednesford, were charged with stealing 4 lbs. of twist tobacco, value 16s, the property of John Yates, a jacket and two sheets, the property of John Porter, and Julia Yates was charged with receiving the jacket and sheets, knowing them to have been stolen. - It appeared that the tobacco was taken out of Mr. Yates shop about five o'clock in the afternoon, when it was offered to anyone who wished to have it. and the sheets and jacket were taken to the house of Julia Yates, who it was alleged pledged them at a pawnshop at Bloxwich. - Julia Yates denied pledging the goods, slating that she had never seen them, and was discharged, but the children were sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and afterwards to de detained in a reformatory for five years. - Police-constable Brookes gave evidence as to finding some of the goods.
6 June 1882 Licensed this day to worl for Mr Caswell of Hall Green Foundry near Hednesford
8 January 1883 Licence transferred. Now works for Mr Yates, back of Old House, Ashton(?), Wednesbury
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