| No. in Admissions Register: | 129 |
| Date of admission: | 21 November 1857 |
| Whence received: | Stafford County Gaol |
| By whom brought: | Mr Mountford |
| On what terms: | Committed |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Light |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Small pox |
| Particular marks: | Scar on forehead; pockmarked |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 15 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Mill Street, Leek |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Leek and Lowe, Staffordshire |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Silk picker |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing a driving rein |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Playing truant when sent by his parents to school |
| Date of sentence: | 7 November 1857 |
| Where convicted: | Leek Petty Sessions before Rev J Sneyd and John Russell Esq. |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 2 years at Saltley |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Previous committals and convictions | Not known |
| Father's name: | Elias Miller |
| Occupation: | Silk twister |
| Residence: | Mill Street, Leek |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother died |
| Survivor married again? | Yes, stepmother Hannah Miller - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents: | Good as far as known, good health |
| Parents' wages: | 15s per week |
| Weekly amount parents will pay: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | [cannot read name], justices clerk, Leek |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
14 November 1857 There is a short report of his crime in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 14 November 1857 p.7 col.6: LEEK. - SATURDAY (Before the Rev John Sneyd and John Russell, Esq)
George Miller, Silk picker, aged 15, and Thomas Bloore, mill piecer, were charged, the former with stealing a driving rein from the carriage of John Ridgeway, Esq., Mayor of Hanley, while in the yard of the Swan Inn, Leek, on Sunday 1st Nov., and the latter with receiving it. Miller pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to fourteen days imprisonment, with hard labour, and then to be detained two years in a reformatory school. Bloore was discharged.
10 January 1858 Absconded in company of J Finn [boy 101] while other boys were washing themselves. Brought back on the 14th January by the Inspector of Police, Leek. Costs 25s
22 November 1859 Left and returned to Leek to work for Mr Cross
1 November 1860 The Reformatory Minute Book records: 727. Mr Humphreys reported that George Miller, formerly an inmate, being out of employment has returned to the Institution'
Resolved: that Mr Humphreys be allowed to employ George Miller as Assistant Gardener till next month.
728. A letter was read from Mr Lloyd, Mayor of Birmingham, offering to send 4 boys within the next 6 months as emigrants to Australia at his cost, exclusive of outfit and enclosing the requisite Emigration Order.
729. Mr Humphreys then recommended the following boys for emigration: West (121), Oswald (124), Berry (137) and Miller (129).
Resolved: that steps be taken to obtain the consent of the parents of the boys for their emigration before deciding on the question.
November 1860 Temporarily employed at the school but was suspected of attempting to steal a pair of boots and sent home to Leek.
5 January 1863 Heard from him at Macclesfield. Is married and a hawker.
6 November 1879 Called at the school. In good circumstances. Is in trade in Cincinnati as a manufacturing hosier. [A business card is attached to this note. It reads: George Miller, Manufacturer of plain and fancy knit hose, and dealer in all kinds of knitting yarns, jackets, etc, Cincinnati Seamless Knitting Factory, 34 East Fifth Street, Cincinnati, O.]
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