No. in Admissions Register: 336
Date of admission: 1 June 1866
Whence received: Stafford
By whom brought: -
On what terms: -
Friends interested in him: -
Description:
Height: -
Figure: -
Complexion: -
Hair colour: -
Eyes colour: -
Perfect vision? -
State of health: Delicate
Able-bodied? Yes
Sound intellect? -
Use of all limbs? -
Had cow or small pox? -
Particular marks: None
Cutaneous disorder? -
Scrofulous or consumptive? -
Subject to fits? -
Age last birthday: 11
Illegitimate? -
Birthday: -
Birth place: -
Has resided: Hanley
Parish he belongs to: Stoke on Trent
Customary work and mode of life: Pottery but very idle
Schools attended: -
By whom and where employed: -
State of education:
Reads: Imperfectly
Writes: Imperfectly
Cyphers: -
General ability: -
Offence: Stealing 3s
Circumstances which may have led to it: Bad company
Date of sentence: 11 May 1866
Where convicted: Stoke on Trent
Who prosecuted: -
Where imprisoned: -
Sentence: 21 days' prison (hard labour), 4 years at Saltley
Previous committals and convictions: Three previous
Father's name: John Filbain
Occupation: -
Residence: 22 Brian Street, Hanley
Mother's name: Bridget Filbain
Occupation: -
Residence: 22 Brian Street, Hanley
Father's character: -
Mother's character: -
Parents dead? Neither
Survivor married again? -
Parents' treatment of child: Good
Character of parents Good. Health pretty good
Parents' wages: 16s per week
Amount parents agree to pay: 1s
Superintendent of police (to collect payments):      -
Relatives to communicate with: -
Person making this return: -
Estimate of character on admission: -
Character on discharge: -
When and how left the Reformatory: -


Notes:

7 February 1857 The crime that sent him to Saltley was reported in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 7 February 1857 p.2 col.6: COMMITTAL TO A REFORMATORY. - David Wright and John Fynn, juvenile offenders, were found guilty of stealing a pocket- handkerchief, of the value of one shilling, the property of William Allen. They were each committed for three months with hard labour, and at the end of that period they will each be sent to a reformatory institution for four years.