| No. in Admissions Register | 545 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | Stafford County Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Pale |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | Long |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 13 May 1876 5 years |
| Late residence: | Kidsgrove |
| Parish he belongs to: | Kidsgrove |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Forge boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Attempt to commit a felony |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Neglect |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 13 April 1876, Kidsgrove, H C Greenwood |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | John Scott |
| Occupation: | Collier |
| Mother's name: | Ellen Scott |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Lived with grandfather |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober; health not good |
| Parents' wages: | 25s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s 6d per week |
| Parents address: | 12 King Street, Smallthorne, Burslem |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
15 April 1876 There is a report of the crime in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 26 May 1876 p.5 col.4: KIDSGROVE. SERIOUS ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE MACHINERY. - At the Kidsgrove Police Court, on Thursday, William Price, a lad, was charged before Mr. H. C. Greenwood, stipendiary magistrate, with unlawfully attempting to damage machinery at Kidagrove. It appears that the lad was employed at the forge, and early on Tuesday morning he asked another lad to watch him throw a piece of iron among some machinery. He threw twice, and the second time the iron lodged among some cogs. The prisoner was told he would get into trouble, when he said "You must not tell." The witness, however, did his duty, and informed Mr. Leighton, adding in his evidence that if the iron had not been removed it would have "ripped the place up." Frederick Blood stated that when greasing the wheels he took the iron out.- Samuel Rowley, the engineer in charge, said that the engine was a very large one, being 130 horsepower, and the fly-wheel about 18 feet in diameter. If the iron had been In the cogs when the engine started it would partially have destroyed the engine, and might have destroyed life too. His own life would have been in great danger. The prisoner was spoken of as an incorrigibly bad lad, and Mr. Greenwood decided to commit him to prison for a month preparatory to his being sent to a reformatory for five years.
26 May 1881 Price twice inquires(?) this day. I write him a letter, but have had no reply up to the present time
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