| No. in Admissions Register: | 638 |
| Age: | 10 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Bristol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fair |
| Hair colour: | Auburn |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Two moles near right shoulder |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Weight: | 71 lbs |
| Date of admission: | 15 March 1880 |
| Late residence: | 12 Old Bread Street, St Phillips, Bristol |
| Parish he belongs to: | St Phillips, Bristol |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 3 lbs of paper, value 6d |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 2 March 1880; H W Budgett and W H Warren; Bristol |
| Where imprisoned: | Bristol Prison |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 1 week |
| For what: | Stealing 3s 6d from his father |
| Father's name: | James Dickens |
| Occupation: | Stoker |
| Mother's name: | Emma Dickens |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Kind |
| Character of parents | Respectable |
| Parents' wages: | 30s per week in winter, 20s per week in summer |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Parents offer to pay 1s per week. They have 5 children to support, beside the boy in question |
| Parents address: | 12 Old Bread Street, St Phillips, Bristol |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
There is a report of the crime (which errs in the name of the reformatory he was sent to) in the Bristol Mercury Wednesday 3 March 1880 p.6 col.3: POPULARITY OF THE FORMIDABLE. James Dickens, aged 11, was charged with stealing 3lb. of old newspapers, value 6d,, the property of his father, a shopkeeper in Bread-street. Prosecutor said the lad, who had been at the court before for similar conduct, sold these papers on Monday and spent the money, besides his school money, 3d. His son had repeatedly said he would do anything to get on board the Formidable. The youngster now expressed a wish to go to Park-row Industrial School, Supt, Turner said the boy had been in custody three times this year, and was once birched. Sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment and five years at Kingswood Reformatory.
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