| No. in Admissions Register: | 695 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Pale |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Light Hazel |
| Visage: | Long |
| Particular marks: | Burn mark back of left wrist and bottom of back |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 6 April 1882 |
| Late residence: | Longton, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Longton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Brickmaking |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing clothing |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Keeping bad company. The boy has had a bad example set him at home, which accounts for his present position |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 6 March 1882; A Price and G Copestake; Longton Court of summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 3 |
| Length: | 1) 7 days in prison; 2) 1 month [only 2 offences listed] |
| For what: | 1) Throwing stones; 2) stealing cash |
| Father's name: | Richard Brough |
| Occupation: | Brickmaker |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Very indifferent. Father a poacher |
| Parents' wages: | Father does not work. Poacher |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Ought to pay 2s 6d per week. Will never pay anything unless forced |
| Parents address: | Lower Russell Street, Longton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Superintendent M Williams, Police Station, Longton, Stoke on Trent |
| Person making this return: | J Armishaw, Assistant Justices Clerk, Stoke on Trent |
11 March 1882 The offence that sent him to Saltley is reported briefly in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 11 March 1882 p.7 col.2: THEFT OF CLOTHING. - Thomas Brough, aged 15, was charged with stealing a quantity of old clothing, the property of Selina Hawkes, a widow living In Peel-street, Dresden. Prisoner had been before the magistrates tor stealing four times and he was now sent to gaol for a month, to followed by detention in a reformatory for three years.
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