| No. in Admissions Register: | 605 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | - |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | Scar on throat |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 15 April 1878 |
| Late residence: | Key Hill, Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: | Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Rope making |
| Whether illegitimate: | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | No |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 2 shirts |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not stated |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 26 March 1878; T Kynnersley; Birmingham |
| Where imprisoned: | Birmingham Prison |
| Sentence: | 21 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | 30 January 1878 2 days and whipped; 2 February 1878 21 days |
| For what: | Stealing sweetmeats; stealing a pair of boots |
| Father's name: | Edmund Marshall |
| Occupation: | Iron bedstead maker |
| Mother's name: | Emma Marshall |
| Occupation: | Charwoman |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | Out of work |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | Key Hill, Birmingham |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | D Meadon, H M Prison, Birmingham |
27 March 1878 There is a report of the boy's crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Wednesday 27 March 1878 p.6 col.4: DISHONEST BOYS.- George Marshall (13), ropemaker, Key Hill; James W. Swan (13), jeweller, Great Hampton Street; and Samuel Booth (14), Lee Street, Lodge Road, were charged with stealing two shirts from a clothes-line in Icknield Street East. - Marshall was stated to have been a very bad lad, and he was sentenced to twenty-one days' imprisonment and five years in a reformatory; and the other two lads were discharged with a caution, their parents promising to look better after them in future.
1 June 1881 Confirmed this day at Aston Church by the Bishop of Worcester
19 April 1882 Left for Liverpool. Will embark on 20th (tomorrow) for Quebec, in company with Brown [boy 632] and Stout [boy 569]
30 April 1882 Discharged
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