| No. in Admissions register: | 117 |
| Date of admission: | 17 October 1857 |
| Whence received: | Stafford County Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | Committed |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Red |
| Eyes colour: | Light grey |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | No |
| Particular marks: | Cut on the left thumb |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | Not during the last 3 years |
| Age last birthday: | 11 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | West Bromwich |
| Has resided: | West Bromwich |
| Parish to which he belongs: | West Bromwich |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Various |
| Schools attended: | Sunday School |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | A little |
| Writes: | Nil |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 35s from his mother |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 3 October 1857 |
| Where convicted: | West Bromwich Petty Sessions before T Bagnall |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 3 years at Saltley |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Mother's name: | Jane Turner |
| Occupation: | Small shopkeeper |
| Residence: | Walsall Street, West Bromwich |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | Lives with a jobbing bricklayer |
| Parents dead? | Father dead |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents: | Honest and upright |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Weekly amount parents will pay: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | John B Hibbert, Chief of Police, West Bromwich |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory | - |
7 October 1857 There is a short report of his offence in the Birmingham Journal Wednesday 7 October 1857 p.3 col.4: THE CHARGE OF ROBBING A MOTHER. - This matter has been fully mentioned in the Journal, and on Saturday last the culprit, Turner, a little red-haired urchin, was sent to Stafford for a fortnight, and after that will be sent for three years to the Saltley Reformatory. Although but eleven years of age this is the second time he has robbed his parent; in the present case taking 35s from her box, he gave away a guinea to other boys, and this has been restored to Mrs Turner, a widow with five children. [This item is repeated on p.11 col.6 of the same edition of the paper]
1 March 1858 Sharp lad. Name on Good Conduct List
16 October 1860 returned to his mother
October 1861 heard from a neighbour that he was going on fairly
November 1862 doubtful but not convicted
1 January 1864 Improving
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