| No. in Admissions Register: | 591 |
| Age: | 14 |
| 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: | 19 December 1877 3 years |
| Late residence: | Burslem |
| Parish he belongs to: | Burslem |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Errand boy |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 8s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: | 20 November 1877, Burslem Petty Sessions, H C Greenwood |
| Where imprisoned: | Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month (hard labour), 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Charles Maskery |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Mother's name: | Kezia Maskery |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | - |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Good |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | About 20s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 2s per week |
| Parents address: | Bleak Street, Burslem |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | - |
18 May 1877 There are possible previous offences reported in the Staffordshire Sentinel Wednesday 23 May 1877 p.3 col.1: Thomas Steele, William Maskery, and John Maskery, boys, were charged on remand, with having stolen eggs, the property of Hugh Mulligan, Burslem. They were remanded to the workhouse last week. They absconded on Saturday, but were captured the same morning. A fortnight ago they were ordered to be whipped upon a conviction for stealing pipes. With regard to the present charge, it appeared that 120 eggs were missed from a crate, and Steele and William Maskery- were detected by the prosecutor's servant taking the eggs away in a basket. John Maskery was discharged, and the others were sent to gaol for one month, at the expiration of which time they are to go to a reformatory for four years.
17 November 1877 There is a report of the crime which sent him to Saltley in the Staffordshire Sentinel and Commercial and General Advertiser Saturday 17 November 1877 p.3 col.3: A YOUNG THIEF. A boy named John Maskery was charged with stealing 8s., the property of Vernon Graham, his employer.-Prosecutor said that on the 9th inst. he sent the defendant out with some goods. He did not give the money up at one o'clock when he returned. He sent for the police without saying a word to the boy, who was arrested at five, when he admitted the receipt of the money.-The boy had previously picked a man's pocket and had stolen a sovereign.-When arrested he said he had spent fourpence and gave up the balance. Prisoner was remanded for a week.
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