| No. in Admissions Register: | 436 |
| Age: | 10 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Mole on left cheek |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 17 November 1870 4 years |
| Late residence: | Willenhall |
| Parish he belongs to: | Willenhall |
| Customary work and mode of life: | File cutting |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Embezzlement |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 17 October 1870, Stafford Quarter Sessions, R Kettle, chairman |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford County Prison |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | John Wyke |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Own mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and in good health |
| Parents' wages: | 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s per week |
| Parents address: | Wood Street, Willenhall |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | H McCrea, Bilston |
| Person making this return: | - |
21 October 1870 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Post Friday 21 October 1870 p.7 col.2: A YOUNG EMBEZZLER. - William Wyke (9), was indicted for embezzling 7s., the moneys of his master, Joseph Phllips engine-fitter, Willenhall, on the 5th of September. Mr. Smith prosecuted. It appeared that the prisoner was sent to the shop of a person named Marston, lockmaker, Willenhall, where he was paid the sum of 7s., but had never handed it over to his master. The Jury returned a verdict of "Guilty "and prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, at the expiration of which time he was ordered to be sent to a reformatory for four years.
28 May 1874 There is a letter from his intended employer: Willenhall, May 28th, Mr Humphreys [in charge of the institution], D. Sir, I am requested by the father of William Wyke to ask you to be kind enough to send his son by the train which leaves Vauxhall [station for a district in Birmingham] at 2.45 on Monday, for which I enclose 12 stamps, and his mother will meet him at the Willenhall Market Place station. He also requests me to thank you for your kindness to his son. I remain, Your … [illegible word], S Baxter, Grocer, Market Place, Willenhall
1 June 1873 Went to work for Mr Baxter, Market Place, Willenhall
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