| No. in Admissions Register: | 422 |
| Age | 14: |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 10 February 1870 3 years |
| Late residence: | Hanley |
| Parish he belongs to: | Hanley |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Pot works |
| Whether illegitimate: | Not |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 10 August 1869, Hanley Petty Sessions, W H Yates and J G Walker |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 6 months prison (hard labour), 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Edward Taylor |
| Occupation: | Pointsman, North Staffs Railway |
| Mother's name: | Hannah Taylor |
| Occupation: | Neither |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Not good |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and good health |
| Parents' wages: | 18s - 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d |
| Parents address: | California, Stoke on Trent |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | R J Baker, Hanley |
| Person making this return: | - |
9 August 1869 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Gazette Monday 9 August 1869 p.8 col.3: A SCAPEGRACE. -At the Borough Police Court, on Friday afternoon, a boy named Edward Taylor was charged with felony. He is the son of a pointsman on the North Staffordshire line, and last year he was sent to the Clifton Wood Industrial School for a period of two years. Thence he absconded in April last, and he has since been leading a vagrant life in the Potteries. His sister, who is married, lives in Old Hall Street, and in June she took her scapegrace brother into her house, hoping for his amendment. At the end of June the sister was a witness at the Quarter Sessions for the County, and on her return she put away her purse, containing the amount received by her for expenses. The following morning the purse had vanished, and so had young Edward, who was not heard of again till Wednesday night, when he gave himself at Burslem to Police-constable Head, stating that he had absconded from the school. Being brought to Hanley, he was recognised as being wanted for the theft of the purse from his sister. - He was remanded.
24 November 1871 Absconded
29 February 1872 Brought back by policeman from Hanley
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