| No. in Admissions Register: | 495 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | - |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 23 December 1873 2 years |
| Late residence: | Stafford |
| Parish he belongs to: | Stafford |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Shoemaker |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing a knife |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 24 November 1873, Stafford Petty Sessions, J Kelsall and H W Gibson |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 2 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | James Giles |
| Occupation: | Shoemaker |
| Mother's name: | Sarah Giles |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | At least 20s |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Won't promise but deemed able to pay 2s per week |
| Parents address: | Queen Street, Stafford |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
29 November 1873 There was a report of the crime in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 29 November 1873 p.7 col.2: LARCENY BY A BOY. - James Giles, aged twelve, the son of a shoemaker residing in the Broad Eye, was charged with stealing a pocket-knife from the shop of Mr Henry Finlow, Greengate Street. On Saturday night the prisoner was observed by Mrs. Finlow to enter the shop and to take therefrom a pocket knife (produced). She caught hold of him as he was leaving, but proved too strong for her. and eluding her grasp by nearly knocking her down, made good his escape. Information was given to Police Sergeant Stretton, who apprehended the boy the same night at his father's house. The youthful delinquent, who had been twice previously beaten with the birch rod, was ordered to be Imprisoned for a month, and then sent to a reformatory for two years.
22 December 1875 Discharged - returned to Stafford
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