| No. in Admissions Register: | 634 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Bristol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fair |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Cut palm of tight hand |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Weight: | 85 lbs |
| Date of admission: | 11 March 1880 |
| Late residence: | 10 Grosvenor Road, St Pauls, Bristol |
| Parish he belongs to: | St Pauls, Bristol |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Driving pony cart |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing iron, value 3s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Associating with bad companions |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 19 February 1880; W A F Powell and Christopher Godson; Bristol Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Bristol |
| Sentence: | 21 days hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | William West |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Ann West |
| Occupation: | Washerwoman |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Kind |
| Character of parents | Good; poor |
| Parents' wages: | Father has done but very little work for 3 years |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Application to be made with Treasuerer, City and County of Bristol |
| Parents address: | 10 Grosvenor Road, St Pauls, Bristol |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
20 February 1880 There is a report of the crime in the Bristol Mercury Friday 20 February 1880 p.3 col.3: JUVENILE PILFERERS. Frederick West and William Porter [boy 635], boys, were charged with stealing a large quantity of old iron from a house in Cheltenham-road. P.C. 121 A stopped them with bags containing the iron, and took West to the police-station. He afterwards discovered that the iron belonged to Mr. Walter Derham. Porter ran away, but West said he was with him when he took the iron from a void house in Cheltenham-road. Porter was apprehended at his father's house late at night, They lad each been previously convicted, and they were now each sentenced to 21 days' hard labour, and afterwards to five years at a reformatory.
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