| No. in Admissions Register: | 644 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Hazel |
| Visage: | |
| Particular marks: | -Bruise mark over tight eyebrow |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 24 June 1880 |
| Late residence: | Hanley, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Hanley |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Goes to school |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing boots |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 25 May 1880; C Adams and H Carslidge; Hanley Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 14 days |
| For what: | Stealing raisins |
| Father's name: | John Simpson |
| Occupation: | Labourer, iron works |
| Mother's name: | Caroline Simpson |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | No |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Neglected |
| Character of parents | Mother has been convicted for receiving goods from children. Nothing known against father |
| Parents' wages: | 12s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 6d per week |
| Parents address: | 16 Herbert Street, Hanley |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Herbert Windle, Chief Constable, Hanley |
| Person making this return: | - |
29 May 1880 There is a report of the crime in the Staffordshire Sentinel and Commercial and General Advertiser Saturday 29 May 1880 p.6 col.2: Incorrigible Young Thieves.-Letitia Simpson, fourteen, and Arthur Simpson, twelve, brother and sister, the children of John Simpson, underhand puddler, Herbert-street, were charged with stealing two pairs of boots and other articles, the property of various tradesmen in the town. The prisoners had been to gaol for theft previously, and the Chief Constable stated that they had been carrying on a career of crime ever since they were discharged from gaol, and that it took the police all their time to watch them.-Detective Dennis said that having had his eye upon the children for some time past, he on Monday saw them near the shop of Mr. Cotterill, Stafford-street, and then remove to the shop of Mr. McGee, in the same street. The officer concealed himself for a short time, and watched the prisoners. He saw the female snatch at several pairs of boots that hung outside the shop, and she ultimately succeeded in getting a pair off the hook, and they walked off with them. On bringing them to the police station and searching them, he found the pawnticket of a pair of boots which had been pledged on Saturday, and which the boy said he stole from the shop of Mr. Cotterill on that day.-The prisoners pleaded guilty, and the girl was sentenced to two months' imprisonment, and ordered to be sent to a reformatory for three years afterwards; and the boy was sent to gaol for one month, and ordered to be sent to a reformatory for five years.
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