| No. in Admissions Register: | 452 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 5 August 1871 |
| Late residence: | Leek |
| Parish he belongs to: | Leek |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Silk factory |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing a padlock |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Neglected by parents |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 5 July 1871, Leek Petty Sessions, Joshua and John Brough |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | One |
| Length: | 1 day and whipped |
| For what: | Stealing clothing |
| Father’s name: | William Smith |
| Occupation: | Railway goods porter |
| Mother's name: | Mary Smith |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents’ treatment of child: | Neglected by them |
| Character of parents | Nothing known against the father’s character, but the mother has left her husband and has lived with another man for four years |
| Parents’ wages: | 12s or 13s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d |
| Parents address: | Alsop Street, Leek |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | J Challinor, Justices’ Clerk, Leek |
5 August 1874 Discharged and sent to his father at Leek
4 June 1876 In a letter to the school from Charles Tipper (boy 469], it says: …I have seen W Smith and H Tomkinson too. Smith is working at a brickyard. He is not living with his father or his mother either. He says him and his father could not agree, and his mother is not in the town…
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