| No. in Admissions Register: | 678 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | - |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Visage: | Long |
| Particular marks: | Cut over right eyebrow |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 19 October 1881 |
| Late residence: | Coitny Place, Chester Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wolverhampton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Errand boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Led away by bad companions |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 19 September 1881; S Loveridge and J Lees; Wolverhampton Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Joseph Burgess |
| Occupation: | Coachman |
| Mother's name: | Emma Burgess |
| Occupation: | Monthly nurse |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and health good |
| Parents' wages: | 24s per week, mother £4 if the children work too |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | About 1s 6d per week |
| Parents address: | Joseph Burgess, Coitny Place, Chester Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Chief Constable, Town Hall, Wolverhampton |
| Person making this return: | R D D Hay, Chief Constable |
19 September 1881 There is a report of the crime in the Wolverhampton Express and Star Monday 19 September 1881 p.3 col.3: JUVENILE OFFENDERS. - Edward Burgess (12), who was brought up in custody on five separate charges, was charged with stealing a half-crown belonging to Ann Mason, Chester-street. - The prosecutrix stated that she was employed as domestic servant to the prisoner's father, and on Wednesday morning last she placed her purse, containing the half-a-crown, on a shelf in the kitchen, and the same evening the money was missed. - Detective-sergeant Day said the lad's father brought him to the station. and he there admitted that he had stolen the money. The father, in answer to the Bench, said his son formerly attended Brickkiln-street School, but had recently been guilty of all sorts of depredations. On two occasions, a short time ago, he stole two sums of 9s and 7s respectively. He had 11 children, and the prisoner was contaminating the other members of the family. - The Bench ordered the lad to be imprisoned at Stafford for one month, and afterwards to be sent to a reformatory for five years. - The other cases were not adjudicated upon.
29 October 1885 Licensed to live with and work (as page) for Captain Parkinson, Millbank House, Cadishead, near Manchester
1 June 1886 Absconded from his employer
6 August 1886 Recaptured and re-admitted today, having been harboured by his parents for one week
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