| No. in Admissions Register: | 443 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 19 April 1871 4 years |
| Late residence: | Stafford |
| Parish he belongs to: | Stafford |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Errand boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing money to the sum of 2s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 20 March 1871, Stafford Petty Sessions, H Gillard, J Talbot, and W Burton |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Two |
| Length: | 7 days |
| For what: | Stealing a cap; malicious damage |
| Father's name: | James Emberton |
| Occupation: | Shoemaker |
| Mother's name: | Mary Ann Emberton |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest and sober, not very good health |
| Parents' wages: | 12s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not able to pay anything, has 5 children |
| Parents address: | 2 Water Street, Stafford |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | T Summerfield, Stafford Gaol |
12 February 1870 A previous offence was reported in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 12 February 1870 p.7 col.4: JUVENILE OFFENDERS. -Two boys, named Thomas Lowndes, aged 13, and James Emberton, aged 11, pleaded guilty to stealing two cloth caps, the property of John Averill and Joseph Spilsbury, at the parish of Castle Church. Lowndes was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month with hard labour, and afterwards sent to reformatory for four years, his mother being ordered to pay 6d. week towards his maintenance. Emberton was ordered to be whipped. [Lowndes was sent to Saltey, boy 426]
26 March 1870 There is a report of another previous offence in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 26 March 1870 p.7 col.1: CHARGE OF WILFUL DAMAGE.-Berjamin Varley, Henry Millwood, Arthur Harris, and James Emberton, boys, were severally charged with unlawfully damaging a number of the palisades near the Stafford Railway Station, which are the property of the London and North-Western Railway Company, Mr. Edward Thomas Burr, solicitor, appeared in support of the information. The defendants pleaded guilty. Mr Burr said that the tops of about 104 palisades had been broken off by boys in a spirit of wanton mischief, and the object of the company to obtain a conviction which might be made known and act as a warning to others. The Magistrates said the practice must be stopped, and ordered each boy to pay 10s, the amount of the damage, a fine of 10s. in addition, and 4s 6d costs. In default they would be sent to prison lor one month.
31 May 1874 There is a letter relating to his release on licence, from the North Staffordshire Discharged Prisoners Aid Society: Dear Sir, please send a specimen of Emberton'e work in printing.to Mr Gee, house decorator, Stafford, who is willing to take him, if satisfied, as an apprentice. I can take him at once. Yours [illegible word], William Sinclair(?)
20 June 1874 Licensed to work for Mr Gee, house decorator, Stafford
19 February 1875 Recalled and readmitted, having left Mr Gee's service and not reported himself but hid himself away.
18 April 1875 Returned to parents on expiration of term
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