| No. in Admissions Register: | 566 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Sandy |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Pockmarked |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 1 December 1876 5 years |
| Late residence: | Willenhall, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Willenhall |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Key making |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a handkerchief |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 30 October 1876, Willenhall Petty Sessions, R Mills and W Lloyd |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford County Prison |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | John Smith |
| Occupation: | Lock maker |
| Mother's name: | Ann Smith |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Neglected |
| Character of parents | Habitual drunkard and several times convicted |
| Parents' wages: | 30s per week when willing to work |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 3s per week |
| Parents address: | 2 Alma Street, Willenhall |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
4 November 1876 There is a report of the crime in the Midland Examiner and Times Saturday 4 November 1876 p.4 col.5: SHOPLIFTING BY A YOUTH.-Samuel Smith, youth, 13 years of age, of Willenhall, was charged with having stolen a handkerchief from the shop of Abner Jobber, of Stafford-street, Willenhall.-On the previous Wednesday night, the prosecutor's son saw the prisoner peeping through the door of the shop, and in a few minutes he saw him steal the handkerchief and run off with it. He followed him, but the prisoner got away. Next day the prisoner wm found offering to exchange the handkerchief with another youth for some marbles.-Prisoner, having previously been in trouble, was sentenced to one month's imprisonment, and, after the expiration of that term, he will be sent to a Reformatory for five years.
26 June 1881 Smith writes from 3 Cannon Street, Willenhall, and gives a very good account of himself
30 November 1881 Sentence expires
15 July 1887 Fallon [boy 602] reports that Samuel Smith is living at Willenhall, out of employment owing to bad trade, but honest and sober
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