| No. in Admissions Register: | 635 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Bristol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Weak sight |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Weight: | 92 lbs |
| Date of admission: | 11 March 1880 |
| Late residence: | 17 Princess Street, St Pauls, Bristol |
| Parish he belongs to: | St Pauls, Bristol |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Shoemaking |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| 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: | 1 |
| Length: | 7 days |
| For what: | Stealing fruit from a garden |
| Father's name: | George Porter |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Mother's name: | Jane Porter (step-mother) |
| Occupation: | |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Kind |
| Character of parents | Good; father in ill-health |
| Parents' wages: | 33s per week when in work |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Application to be made with Treasuerer, City and County of Bristol |
| Parents address: | 17 Princess Street, St Pauls, Bristol |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | The Government Inspector [of Reformatories] will collect pay from parents |
| 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 [boy 634] and William Porter, 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.
7 April 1880 Absconded through skylight in bathroom
26 May 1881 Letter from Chief Constable informing me that Porter has not been seen or heard of
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