| No. in Admissions Register: | 154 |
| Date of admission: | 26 June 1859 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | Under committal |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | Good |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Cow pox- |
| Particular marks: | Cuts on eye and lip |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 12 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Birmingham |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | None |
| Writes: | None |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Being in a place of public resort ‘with intent to commit a felony |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not known |
| Date of sentence: | 15 June 1859 |
| Where convicted: | Moor Street |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison, 5 years detention at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None |
| Father's name: | William Martin |
| Occupation: | Hawker |
| Residence: | 4 court, Balloon Street, Walmer Lane [later became Lancaster Street], Birmingham |
| Mother's name: | Hannah Martin |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Not known |
| Character of parents: | - |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2 shillings 6 pence per week |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | D Meandon, Borough Gaol, birmingham |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
18 June 1859 There is a report of his offence in the Birmingham Journal Saturday 18 June 1859 p.11 col.3: ATTEMPTING TO PICK POCKETS. - Three miserable-looking lads were placed in the dock on charges of attempting to pick pockets on Friday… The other prisoners were two tagged shoeless urchins, named William Martin, aged thirteen, living in Balloon Street, and Daniel Higgins, aged ten, living in Loveday Street. They were seen by Detective Edwards at the same time and place as the preceding prisoner, making subdry attempts to pick the waistcoat pockets of two or three scholars of King Edward's School, and also of other persons. While doing so, the little vagabonds, who had evidently been well-trained, actually looked smilingly into the faces of their intended victims, and Edwards at last caught the younger prisoner with his hand in a young gentleman's waistcoat pocket. The prisoners were remanded till next day, and Edwards was directed to procure the attendance of their parents.
8 January 1861 The Reformatory Minute Book reported: 750. On the recommendation of the Superintendent it was decided that an endeavour be made to transfer William Martin from this Institution to the Akbar [a training ship in Liverpool] or some other reformatory.
28 May 1861 Transferred to the Wilts Reformatory to be further from his Birmingham acquaintances
4 June 1861 The Minute Book stated: 785. On reading Minute 750 it was reported that Martin had been sent to the Wiltshire Reformatory in exchange for Coster.[boy 220]
June 1864 Called at the school after leaving Warminster
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