| No. in Admissions Register: | 665 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Sallow |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | brown |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Large scar on neck |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Date of admission: | 7 April 1881 |
| Late residence: | 15 court 9 house Wharf Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Hay band twisting |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | 3rd Standard |
| Writes: | 3rd Standard |
| Offence: | Stealing a purse, 2 keys, and 1s 5d from the person |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 8 March 1881; Chas. Sturge and J P Williams; Birmingham Police Court |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Birmingham |
| Sentence: | 1 month hard labour in prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 3 |
| Length: | 1) 3 days in prison; 2) 7 days; 3) Remanded and discharged |
| For what: | 1) Stealing a handkerchief; 2) stealing a duck; 3) stealing a loaf |
| Father's name: | John Harper |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Ellen Harper |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Not known |
| Character of parents | Not known |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | No order made |
| Parents address: | 15 court 9 house Wharf Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Not responsible for any payment of any fees |
| Person making this return: | - |
8 March 1881 There is a brief report of the offence in the Birmingham Mail Tuesday 8 March 1881 p.3 col.3: POCKET PICKING AT NEW STREET STATION. Henry Harper (16), hayhand twister, 15 court, 9 house, Wharf Street, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment and four years in a reformatory for stealing a purse containing 1s. 5½d. and some keys, the property of Mrs. Lawrence, of Clifton Road, Moseley, yesterday.
20 April 1881 Harper was very much unsettled at first but I found that a few kindly-spoken words has a wonderful effect upon him. He is now quite at home and I don't think that he is at all a badly disposed boy
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