| No. in Admissions Register: | 672 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | Oval |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 2 July 1881 |
| Late residence: | 9 Rochdale Road, Manchester |
| Parish he belongs to: | St Oswalds, Manchester |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Moulding in iron works. Can do something at shoemaking. Also has carried parcels for passengers at railway station |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not known |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Well |
| Writes: | Well |
| Offence: | Stealing money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Parental neglect and tramping across the country with no fixed abode or employment |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 30 May 1881; Joshua Brough and John Brough; Leek Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | Not known |
| Length: | Several years in an indutrial school |
| For what: | Begging |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Betsey Waterhouse |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | Not known |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Treated badly. Deserted by mother |
| Character of parents | Not known, but mother's desertion is against her character |
| Parents' wages: | Not known |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Father dead, mother's revenue unknown |
| Parents address: | Aunt's address - Mrs Emily Dearden, 9 Filston Place, Rochdale Road, Manchester |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | |
| Person making this return: |
An addional note in the Admissions Register says: The boy was charged with an elderly man with stealing from the person. Both were convicted. The money was actually stolen by the boy, as he says at the instance of the elder, on whom the money was found.. They are strangers, tramping about but had not been together many days.
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