| No. in Admissions Register: | 423 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fair |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Scar on shoulder |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 11 February 1870 5 years |
| Late residence: | Pickford Street, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Yardley |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Brassfounder |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 5 scarves |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 12 January 1870, Borough Police Court, T C S Kynnersley Esq |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 4 |
| Length: | 1) 7 days hard labour, 2) 10 days hard labour, 3) 3 days hard labour, 4) 1 month |
| For what: | 1) assault, 2) stealing 1 shilling 3 pence, 3) Byelaws, 4) stealing stockings |
| Father's name: | William Davies (stepfather) |
| Occupation: | Engine driver |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Davies |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Own father |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 22s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s per week |
| Parents address: | Pickford Street, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | G Glossop |
| Person making this return: | - |
13 January 1870 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Gazette Thursday 13 January 1870 p.7 col.2: A STREET ARAB.- A boy, named Arthur Smith, brass founder, of Pickford Street, was charged with stealing five scarves from the shop of William Fortington, 5, Broad Street Corner. The prosecutor stated that he found the lad in the shop, and as lie suspected him, he unbuttoned his coat, and found the scarves upon him.-Mr. Kynnecrsley said the prisoner had been at the Court six times before for various offences, and he should now sentence him to be sent to gaol a month, and at the end of that period he would be sent five years to a Reformatory school. The father-in-law of the youth would have to contribute 2s. a week.
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