| No. in Admissions Register: | 331 |
| Date of admission: | 1 March 1866 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Light |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Smallpox |
| Particular marks: | Scar on forehead |
| Cutaneous disorder? | Not |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | Not apparent |
| Subject to fits? | Not |
| Age last birthday: | 14 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Brierley Hill |
| Parish he belongs to: | Kingswinford |
| Customary work and mode of life: | In a coal pit |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing a cap |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence: | 15 February 1866 |
| Where convicted: | Brierley Hill before I Spooner |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 14 days' prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Two |
| Father's name: | James Price |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Residence: | Thomas Garbett's, New Street, Prince's End, Tipton [Bell Street, Brierley Hill crossed out – previous address?] |
| Mother's name: | Mary Ann Price |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | Thomas Garbett's, New Street, Prince's End, Tipton [Bell Street, Brierley Hill crossed out – previous address?] |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Father drunken. Both in good health |
| Parents' wages: | 15s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Thought able to pay 1s a week |
| 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: | - |
15 July 1865 There is a report of a previous offence in the County Advertiser and Herald for Staffordshire and Worcestershire Saturday 15 July 1965 p.5 col.3: JUVENILE DELINQUENTS.-On Monday, at the Police Court, before Messrs. F. Evers and T. Y. Lee, William Blower and Samuel Price, two boys about twelve years of age, were charged with having been on premises, belonging to Mr. Thomas Greenfield, Level Street, Brierley Hill, with intent to commit a felony. It appeared that Mr. Greenfield's garden had been often robbed during the present season, and about a quarter past one o'clock on the previous Friday morning he took a turn in the garden to see if there was any one about. In an outhouse he found the two prisoners. He went out with the intention of taking them to the police station; but on the way he met Police-sergeant Carroll, into whose custody be gave them. Mr. Greenfield and Carroll subsequently looked through the outhouse, and found a quantity of gooseberries in it. Both the boys had been previously convicted. Blower has respectable parents; but Price has a very uncomfortable home. They were sentenced to one month's imprisonment each.
17 February 1866 There is a report of the crime in the County Advertiser and Herald for Staffordshire and Worcestershire Saturday 17 February 1866 p.5 col.4: LARCENY BY A BOY. - At the Police Court, on Thursday, Samuel Price, fourteen years of age, was charged with stealing a waistcoat. the property of James North, and a cap, the property of Thomas Cox. The men are employed at Round Oak Works, where, on Tuesday morning, the stolen articles were hanging on a peg. They were missed, and were subsequently found in the possession of the boy. Sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment, and afterwards to five years detention in a Reformatory.
5 May 1866 His father was summoned because of non-payment for support of his son. The case is reported in the County Advertiser and Herald for Staffordshire and Worcestershire Saturday 5 May 1866 p.8 col.2: REFORMATORY CASE. - James Price, collier, was summoned to show cause why he should not contribute to the support of his son, who is in a reformatory. He peremptorily refused to do so, and the case was adjourned, for the purpose of producing evidence as to his earnings.[subsequently ordered to pay 1s per week]
17 August 1866 Absconded with 313 [James Bell]. Brought back next morning
18 May 1869 Licensed
1 March 1871 Discharged
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