| No. in Admissions Register: | 550 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | Long |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 16 June 1876 5 years |
| Late residence: | Stallington, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Stone |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Farm work |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Neglect of parents |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 16 May 1876, Stone Petty Sessions, W T Locker, St Vincent, and W F Jarvis |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | One |
| Length: | 1 day and whipping |
| For what: | Stealing bread |
| Father's name: | John Massey |
| Occupation: | Garden labourer |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Not satisfactory |
| Character of parents | Honest but not steady |
| Parents' wages: | 24s per week when in work |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d per week |
| Parents address: | Stonefields, Stone, Staffordshire |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
6 May 1876 There is a report of the offence in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 6 May 1876 p.5 col.5: A YOUTHFUL HIGHWAYMAN.- Joseph Massey, of Stone, aged 12 years, was brought up in custody, charged with highway robbery. It appeared that on .Saturday a little girl named Celclough, aged seven years, daughter of parents living at Fulford, was sent by her mother to fetch some articles from a shop In the village. Her mother gave her a purse containing 1s. 1½d. The prisoner met her and accosted her, telling her about a little girl who had been robbed, and then, inquiring if she had any money, he put his hand In her pocket, took out the purse, and returned it to her after having appropriated its contents The prisoner, who was convicted of theft last year, was remanded for a week with a view to his being sent to an industrial school
18 May 1881 Left this morning, New Street Station for Liverpool.
19 May 1881 Embarked this morning for Quebec on board the Sarmatian. Mr Humphreys accompanied him to Liverpool. The Rev. F Williams saw them off after presenting each of the four boys with a nicely bound book.
15 June 1881 Massey's sentence expires this day
23 June 1881 Writes to the tailor (J Blake) to say he landed safely at Quebec
28 June 1881 Massey writes to say that he is employed by a Mr Nelson Pew of Drummondville, Ontario
29 June 1881 Wrote to Massey
27 August 1881 Acknowledged the receipt of my letter
15 December 1881 Received a letter this day dated 21 November.1881 (through tailor). His address is c/o Mr N Pew, Drummondville, Ontario,/Canada
2 March 1882 Received a very interesting letter this evening from Massey
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