| No. in Admissions Register: | 226 |
| Date of admission: | 8 September 1861 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | Light |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Dark |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect? | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Vaccinated |
| Particular marks: | None |
| Cutaneous disorder? | No |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | No |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 11 |
| Illegitimate? | - |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place: | - |
| Has resided: | Brins? Bank, Burslem |
| Parish he belongs to: | Burslem |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Begging |
| Schools attended: | None |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | None |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing a coat |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Sent by his parents to beg |
| Date of sentence: | 19 August 1861 |
| Where convicted: | Hanley, E J Ridgway and W Brownfield |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison, 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | None |
| Father's name: | Morris Morris |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Residence: | 26 Globe Street, Dale Hall, Burslem |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Morris (stepmother) |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | 26 Globe Street, Dale Hall, Burslem |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest and sober. Health not good. |
| Parents' wages: | 10s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s a week |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | G Povey, Burslem |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | J R Rose, Stoke |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | - |
24 August 1861 There is a brief report of his offence in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 24 August 1861 p.7 col.4: COMMITTAL TO A REFORMATORY.-Rowland Morris, a sadly neglected child, eleven years of age, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a coat of the value of £l, the property of Samuel Dale. He was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment, and it was ordered that at the end of that time he be sent to a reformatory for four years.
31 August 1861 There is a report of his father being on trial for neglect of his family in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 31 August 1861 p.7 col.2: DESERTION OF A CHILD.- Maurice Morris, tailor, formerly living in Longton, was charged by Mr. Higgins, the relieving officer of Stoke parish, with leaving his child chargeable to the parish. The child had been chargeable since the 23rd February and the defendant was not met with until Monday, when he applied to Mr. Joseph Boulton, the relieving officer of Burslem, for medical relief. His antecedents being known, he was transferred Mr. Boulton to the custody the police. It was stated that the defendant had nine children, one of whom was transported, whilst efforts were being made to get a second into a reformatory; that some others were no better than town Arabs; and that the defendant was at the present time cohabiting with a woman who had had several illegitimate children by him. Mr. Rose censured the fellow's profligate and heartless conduct, and sent him to prison for twenty-one days.
8 September 1865 Discharged
January 1866 Burslem. Doing well
December 1868 Longton. Doing well
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