| No. in Admissions Register: | 655 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Pale |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | None |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 10 November 1880 |
| Late residence: | Darlaston |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing a fowl |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 8 October 1880; S loveridge and A G Twentyman; Bilston Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 1) 1 month in prison; 2) 3 months in prison and whipped |
| For what: | 1) stealing a knife; 2) Stealing clothing |
| Father's name: | Robert Davis |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Davis |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good, honest, sober, health good |
| Parents' wages: | 18s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | The father does not propose to pay anything. I think he may pay 1s 6d per week |
| Parents address: | Robert Davis, Queen Street, Wednesbury |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Richard Longden, Superintendent of Police, Bilston |
| Person making this return: | - |
8 October 1881Placed in the cell for 6 hours, and had three meals of bread and water for stealing colours from another boy during the night
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