| No. in Admissions Register: | 565 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Brown |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 11 November 1876 2 years |
| Late residence: | Tunstall |
| Parish he belongs to: | Tunstall |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Brickmaking |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing cheese |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 9 October 1876, Hanley Petty Sessions, E J Ridgway and T Ashworth |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month prison (hard labour), 2 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | One |
| Length: | 1 month |
| For what: | Stealing cigars |
| Father's name: | George Booth |
| Occupation: | Potter |
| Mother's name: | Helen Booth |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, health good |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
14 October 1876 There is a report of the crime in the Staffordshire Sentinel and .Commercial and General Advertiser Saturday 14 October 1876 p,6 col.1: STEALING CHEESE.- William Booth, aged fourteen, was charged with stealing 1 lb. of cheese from the shop of Messrs. Adams and Lamb, High-street, Tunstall. The lad went into the shop on Friday night, and was observed putting a lump of cheese in his pocket. An officer was sent for, and the boy given into custody.-The father of the lad said he had had sixteen children and the prisoner was the only one with whom he had had any trouble. He was unable to work, and his wife had lost the use .of some of her limbs.- Mr. Superintendent Baker said he was sorry to say the lad was a regular thief- The lad had been convicted for theft. He was sentenced to prison for two months, at the end of that period to be sent to a reformatory for a further term of two years.
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