| No. in Admissions Register: | 424 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | Stafford County Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 25 February 1870 - - |
| Late residence: | Bilston |
| Parish he belongs to: | Bilston |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a pork pie |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 25 January 1870, Bilston Petty Sessions, H D Beck and W Hatton Esqs |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 1 day and flogging |
| For what: | Stealing 8s 6d from a till |
| Father's name: | Thomas Leadbeater |
| Occupation: | Millwright and pattern maker |
| Mother's name: | Martha Leadbeater |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and good health |
| Parents' wages: | 24s per week when in work |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Has 6 other children and cannot pay more than 1s per week |
| Parents address: | Dudley Street, Bilston |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Hugh McCrea |
| Person making this return: | - |
26 January 1870 There is a report of the crime in the Birmingham Daily Gazette Wednesday 26 January 1870 p.4 col.2: INORRIGIBLE. -Richard Leadbetter, a lad aged twelve, was charged with stealing a pork pie, the property of Wm. Deakin. Defendant went into complainant's shop, and asked the price of some cakes, and while the person who was in the shop went to ask, defendant took the pork pie. Complainant took the name and address of defendant's father, and went there and learnt that defendant was a very bad character. He had been convicted previously for stealing 8s. 6d. from a till at Brownhills, and he used to pawn his and brother's and sister's clothes. Defendant was sent to prison for one month, and at the expiration of that sentence to go to a reformatory for five years.
8 March 1875 Working at South Bank, Middlesbrough
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