| Description | Number: 89
Date of birth: 3 Apr 1849
Place of birth: Kells, Ireland
When admitted: 21 Oct 1858
Place of conviction: Bury Sessions
Date of conviction: 1 Oct 1858
Offence: stealing brimstone
Full sentence: 21 days imprisonment, 5 years detention in this Reformatory
Parents: father Hugh Murphy, soldier of the 55th Regiment and mother Bridget Smith, prostitute and convicted thief (strongly suspect the boy is illegitimate)
Parents address: mother - 15 Barrow Street, Bury
Previous convictions: not before convicted
Particulars of discharge: 21 Oct 1863, to Leeds to parents
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