| No. in Admissions Register: | 578 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission and term: | 26 February 1877 5 years |
| Late residence: | Tunstall |
| Parish he belongs to: | Tunstall |
| Customary work and mode of life: | - |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 25 January 1877, Tunstall Police Court, 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: | Charles Leech |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Mother's name: | Elizabeth Leech |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Not |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s 6d per week |
| Parents address: | Ravensdale Terrace, Tunstall, Stoke on Trent |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
24 January 1877 There is a report of the crime in the Staffordshire Sentinel Wednesday 24 January 1877 p.3 col.5: Daniel Horton and Joseph Leech, aged eleven and ten, were charged with stealing £1 4s. 6d., the property of Abraham Edwards. - Complainant deposed that he was time-keeper at the Chatterley Iron Company's works, He left the office on Saturday at about one o'clock, having locked up £1 4s.6dl. in the drawer, and locked the door. He returned at three, found the door open, the drawer forced open, and the money taken.-P.C. Pritchard spoke to having arrested the boys. Horton told him that Leech broke the door open, and Leech said they did it together. They had been to Hanley Circus on Saturday, and a man had made them drunk. They did not know where they slept on Saturday night. They had purchased two lamps, a pair of clogs, leggings, and a knife. He had received 3s. 6d. from Mrs. Leech and 2s. 10s. from Mrs. Horton.-Prisoners were remanded in custody. [A later report also says that they broke into Peake's Tileries, Tunstall, and stole a lamp and a tape measure, and tore up the report books].
23 April 1881 This boy has conducted himself well during this past month, and I have heard that his conduct previous to my appointment to Saltley Reformatory was, on the whole, very creditable. I sent him this day to his parents, who are still living at Ravensdale Terrace, Tunstall, Staffordshire.
4 May 1881 Letter from Leech to say that he has been doing some work at a forge.
17 May 1881 In a letter dated May 15 '81 Leech says he has obtained his birth certificate, for which his mother had to pay 2s 6d, and is now working at a forge, carrying iron from the hammer and the roller, and is receipt of 8s 9d per week.
23 June 1881 Letter stating he is employed by Messrs R Heath and sons, Tunstall
11 August 1881 Leech writes to inform me that he is getting 12s per week (see letter enclosed) [not attached to Admissions Register]. Asks for the book of the Bible.
28 February 1882 Wrote to me from Ravensdale Terrace, Tunstall
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