| No. in Admissions Regoster: | 515 |
| Age: | 11 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 13 July 1874 5 years |
| Late residence: | Greet's Green, West Bromwich |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing money – said to be £8 |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 13 June 1874, West Bromwich Petty Sessions, G C Adkins and R Heaton |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Joseph Whitehouse (grandfather) |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Both |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | Greet's Green, West Bromwich |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
15 June 1874 There is a report of the offence in the Birmingham Daily Post Monday 15 June 1874 p.6 col.5: DARING ROBBERIES BY A BOY AT WEST BlROMWICH. Henry Pugh, alias Henry Whitehouse, eleven years of age, living with Henry Whitehouse, his grandfather, on the Oldbury Road, West Bromwich, was charged, at the West Bromwich Police Court, on Saturday, before Messrs. Wiggin, Adkins, Heaton, and Bagnall, with stealing about £80., belonging to his grandfather, and also a pony, trap, and harness, belonging to John Foster, of Heath Town, Wolverhampton. The parents of the boy died some time ago in America, and he was adopted by his grandfather. Recently he had shown a dishonest disposition, for he had stolen £5. from his grandfather's money-box, but had been forgiven. On Sunday the boy got up about the middle of the night, took the key of the money-box out of his grandfather's pockets, and then seized a purse containing upwards of £80., with which he left the house unknown to the inmates, and found his way to Greet's Green. Passing by the Staffordshire Ironworks there be was entrusted by Mr. Foster, of Heath Town, with the care of his horse and trap. The daring young fellow, however, mounted and drove away, taking the direction of Black Heath. When between that locality and White Heath he came into collision with another vehicle, and so damaged his conveyance that he was unable to proceed. Thereupon ho left the trap by the road-side, and went on horse back to Birmingham, where he bought a new bridle, saddle, and whip, together with a cap. He then returned to Greet's Green, where he left the horse in a field belonging to Messrs. Bagnall. On the following night young Whitehouse went home, and was found in the garden, about midnight, by his grandfather's son James, who forced him into the house, searched him, and discovered the bag of money, which had been reduced to £68. 16s. 6d. Sergeant Smith was then sent for, and apprehended the prisoner. The boy had no defence to make, and the magistrates committed him to gaol for a month, and ordered him to afterwards go to a reformatory for five years.
7 July 1884 H Pugh calls. Lives at Hendsford [Hendesford?] c/o Mr Hopwood, Hendsford, Staffordshire
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