| Warrant | He is twelve years of age and has been found wandering about the streets of the city of sydney in no ostensible lawful occupation |
| Bench and date of committal | Water Police Court 16th. of September 1886 |
| Name, date, and place of birth, and religion | Percy Matthew Dove born 12th. of July 1874 at Port Lincoln South Australia Church of England |
| Nature of evidence as to foregoing | Mother's Evidence |
| Education. School attended | Rather backward, private, in Surry Hills |
| Character | His mother has always had great trouble with him. He was before the court last week on a similar charge but was discharged to his mother's care on promising to behave better. He wanders about in company with bad characters |
| State if he has been an inmate of any orphanage, asylum, reformatory, or any institution, or in any way under State control | No |
| Circumstances leading to child being sent to Industrial School | His mother being a widdow [sic] has no controll [sic] over him he wanders about the streets in bad company and will not go to school |
| Parents' names in full, occupation, earnings. Number of children. Have any been inmates of institution. | His Mother Annie Dove is a widow has scanty means has six children. None have been in an Institution |
| Full particulars as to parents' general character as known to police. Police to state if boy has been arrested on present occasion by parents' desire or independently. | His mother as known to the police is a very respectable woman. The boy was arrested on a warrant Carried? at his mothers desire. |
| Precis of evidence, dwelling more particularly upon any important features in connection with the case | Annie Dove on oath states I am a widdow [sic] the boy is my son he is always wandering about the streets, and will not go to school, he associates with bad boys, I can do nothing with him My husband, who was a house restate agent, died three weeks ago he left me no means. I have two girls older and two younger, than the boy before the court. I had been before the court last week, he was discharged on promising better behaviour but has wandered about since |
| State of health | Good |
| Name Committing Magistrate | J Melbourne Marsh |
| Boy's Statement | [Blank] |
| Boy's Appearance on Arrival | [Blank] |
| Education |
Handwriting on Arrival Percy Dove [signature]
[Rest of section blank] |
| After Career | Disch [Discharge] to mother |
Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Entrance Books for the Vernon and the Sobraon, 1867-1911