| No. in Admissions Register: |
682 |
| Age: |
14 |
| Whence received: |
H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: |
|
| Complexion: |
Fresh |
| Hair colour: |
Brown |
| Eyes colour: |
Brown |
| Visage: |
Long |
| Particular marks: |
None |
| State of health: |
Good |
| Able-bodied? |
Yes |
| Date of admission: |
22 December 1881 |
| Late residence: |
Southlow |
| Parish he belongs to: |
Cheadleton |
| Customary work and mode of life: |
Farm work |
| Whether illegitimate: |
Believed to be legitimate |
| State of education: |
|
| Reads: |
Not at all |
| Writes: |
Not at all |
| Offence: |
Stealing rabbits |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: |
Parental neglect and ill-usage |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: |
7 December 1881; H Sleigh and J Brough; Leek Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: |
Stafford Prison |
| Sentence: |
14 days hard labour in prison, 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: |
|
| Number: |
None |
| Length: |
- |
| For what: |
- |
| Father's name: |
James Slack |
| Occupation: |
Labourer at Normaton |
| Mother's name: |
Hannah Slack (step-mother) |
| Occupation: |
- |
| Parents dead? |
Mother |
| Survivor married again? |
Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: |
Very bad |
| Character of parents |
The character of the boy's father is not good. He is drunken and cruel. The step-mother has not a good character. They are healthy |
| Parents' wages: |
They do not engage to pay anything, but might pay a small weekly sum, say 1s. Father is a labourer at Normancote, earns 15s per week. The boy's father has 2 more children, aged respectively 13 and 8. |
| Amount parents agree to pay: |
Ought to pay 1s weekly. Do not engage to pay anything |
| Parents address: |
Caverswell Common, Longton, Stoke on Trent |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): |
Charles Williams, Leek |
| Person making this return: |
Thomas Shaw, Clerk to Justices, Leek |