| No. in Admissions Register: | 420 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Date of admission: | 3 February 1870 |
| Whence received | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Visage | - |
| Particular marks: | |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of reception and term: | 3 February 1870, 5 years |
| Late residence | Wednesfield Heath |
| Parish to which he belongs | Wolverhampton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | At a forge |
| Whether illegitimate | |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Obtaining money by false pretences |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not known |
| Date of sentence and which court: | 3 January 1870, Staffordshire Quarter Sessions |
| Sentence: | 14 days in prison, 3 years at Saltley |
| Where imprisoned | County Prison [Stafford] |
| Previous committals | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father name: | Robert Latham |
| Occupation: | Book traveller |
| Mother's name: | Ann (stepmother) |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Treatment of child: | Boy says his stepmother did treat him well |
| Character of parents: | Honest, sober and health good |
| Parents' wages: | 12s to 15s per week |
| Weekly amount parents will pay: | Don't think he ought to be called upon for more than 1s per week; has nine children |
| Their present residence and post address: | Inkerman Street, Wednesfield Heath Wolverhampton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | H McCrea, Bilston |
| Person making this return: | - |
8 January 1870 There is a brief report of the offence in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 8 January 1870 p.6 col.6: John Samuel Latham, 13, forge boy, pleaded guilty to obtaining one shilling by false pretences, from Edward Diggery, at Heath Town, on the 19th of October, and was sentenced to be imprisoned for one month, and afterwards sent to a reformatory for five years.
A similar but separate crime is reported in the same paper, on p.7, col.2: John Latham, aged 13, to obtaining 1s by false pretences from Emma Delves by false pretences on October 16th, 1869. Prisoner has this week been tried at the Stafford Sessions and sent to a reformatory. On that account prisoner was now sent to prison in this case for one day.
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