| No. in Admissions Register: |
597 |
| Age: |
13 |
| Whence received: |
Birmingham |
| Description: |
| Complexion: |
Fresh |
| Hair colour: |
Sandy |
| Eyes colour: |
Grey |
| Visage: |
- |
| Particular marks: |
Blind right eye |
| State of health: |
Good |
| Able-bodied? |
Yes |
| Date of admission and term: |
27 March 1878 5 years |
| Late residence: |
Birmingham |
| Parish he belongs to: |
Birmingham |
| Customary work and mode of life: |
Boat boy on canal |
| Whether illegitimate: |
- |
| State of education: |
| Reads: |
Imperfectly |
| Writes: |
Imperfectly |
| Offence: |
Vagrancy |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: |
- |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: |
7 March 1878, Birmingham Police Court, T C S Kynnersley |
| Where imprisoned: |
Birmingham Borough Prison |
| Sentence: |
21 days (hard labour) prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: |
| Number: |
None known |
| Length: |
- |
| For what: |
- |
| Father's name: |
Thomas Henry Cope |
| Occupation: |
Painter and glazier |
| Mother's name: |
Esther Cope |
| Occupation: |
- |
| Parents dead? |
- |
| Survivor married again? |
- |
| Parents' treatment of child: |
Fair |
| Character of parents |
Fair |
| Parents' wages: |
Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: |
Not stated |
| Parents address: |
12 court 3 house Lawley Street, Birmingham [7 Garrison Terrace, Garrison Lane crossed out] |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): |
- |
| Person making this return: |
6 Jun 1883 - Emigrated? |
