| No. in Admissions Register: | 140 |
| Date of admission: | 7 February 1858 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Fair |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Perfect vision? | Long |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Has had the cowpox |
| Particular marks: | Mark of cut on left hand |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 12 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | At Longton |
| Parish to which he belongs: | Stoke upon Trent |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Collier |
| Schools attended: | None |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | None |
| Writes: | None |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing fruit (10 apples) with no.139 [Abraham Bentley] |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad example of parents |
| Date of sentence: | 18 January 1858 |
| Where convicted: | Hanley Police Couty, before J B Rose, Esq, Stipendiary Magistrate |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 20 days prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | - |
| Father's name: | Thomas Booth |
| Occupation | Labourer |
| Residence: | Squiers(?) Square, Longton |
| Mother's name: | Hannah Bentley |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child | Good |
| Character of parents: | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 10s |
| Weekly amount parents will pay: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | George Garnham, Superintendent of Police, Longton |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | J R Rose, Magistrates' Clerk, Stoke on Trent |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
6 February 1858 There is a very brief report of his offence in the Staffordshire Advertiser, Saturday 6 February, p.2, col.5: Abraham Bentley and Henry Booth, who had pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing fruit, were each sent to the Saltley Reformatory for four years.
9 May 1859 detected stealing raw suet pudding and baking it in the oven after the bread was taken out. To escape punishment he ran away, was captured immediately in Victoria Street, well caned and locked up on bread and water, 4 days.
5 September [no year given] Absconded with Bentley [boy 139], Apprehended at Oakengates, Salop, and brought back 9 Sep
7 October [No year given] Absconded with Bentley. Brought back from Cannock 15 Oct
28 November [No year given] Absconded alone.
15 January 1861 heard of his apprehension at Longton. Wrote leaving him in magistrate's hands
17 January brought back by order of magistrate
16 July 1861 The Minute Book reported: 800. Resolved: that Booth and Coster [boy 220] be allowed to enlist.
8 October 1861 The Minute Book recorded: 809. On reading Minute 800 it was reported that Booth and Coster are below the standard for enlisting.
16 December 1861 Enlisted in the Royal Artillery
January 1862 Heard from him, about to go to Canada
May 1864 Coster [boy 220] said he is going on fairly in the Artillery.
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