| No. in Admissions Register: | 413 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Mole on right shoulder |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 25 August 1869 5 years |
| Late residence: | Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing a window blind |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 12 August 1869, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley Esq |
| Where imprisoned: | Borough Prison |
| Sentence: | 14 days prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | William Cotter |
| Occupation: | Packer |
| Mother's name: | Lucy Cotter |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 24s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s 6d |
| Parents address: | Grettons Buildings, St Marks Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
13 August 1869 There is a brief report of the offence in the Birmingham Daily Gazette Friday 13 August 1869 p.4 col.6: A BAD BOY.- William Cottar (14) [surname spelled this], court, Saint Mark Street, was charged with stealing a window blind and curtain, value 2s. 8d., the property of his father, William Cottar.-The prisoner was sent to prison for fourteen days, and the end of that time he will be taken to Saltley Reformatory for five years.
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