| No. in Admissions Register: | 628 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 9 January 1879 |
| Late residence: | Caledonian Street, Bilston |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | - |
| Writes: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 10 December 1878; I Spooner; Bilston Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford Gaol |
| Sentence: | 1 month hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | - |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Reuben Davies |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Davies |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | Caledonian Street, Bilston |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
11 December 1878 There is a short report of the crime in the Wolverhampton Express and Star Wednesday 11 December 1878 p.3 col.3: John Davies (14), shopboy, in the employ of William Henwood, clothier, Church-street [Bilston], was brought up in custody charged with stealing 17s. from a till in his master's shop It appeared that the prisoner had taken the money and spent It in the neighbourhood of Birmingham. He had been previously punished for theft, and Mr. Spooner committed him for a month's hard labour, end five years in a reformatory.
25 May 1882 Abscondede between 10 and 11 a.m. o'clock and came back the same evening
2 October 1883 Emigrated on board Circassian for Quebec
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