| No. in Admissions Register: |
685 |
| Age: |
15 |
| Whence received: |
H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: |
|
| Complexion: |
Fresh |
| Hair colour: |
Brown |
| Eyes colour: |
Blue |
| Visage: |
Long |
| Particular marks: |
Cut under left eye |
| State of health: |
Good |
| Able-bodied? |
Yes |
| Date of admission: |
28 December 1881 |
| Late residence: |
Monmore Green, Wolverhamton |
| Parish he belongs to: |
Wolverhamton |
| Customary work and mode of life: |
Chillington Iron Works |
| Whether illegitimate: |
No |
| State of education: |
|
| Reads: |
Imperfectly |
| Writes: |
Imperfectly |
| Offence: |
Stealing stockings |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: |
Not properly looked after by his step-mother and bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: |
28 November 1881; S Loveridge and W H Jones; Wolverhampton Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: |
H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: |
1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: |
|
| Number: |
1 |
| Length: |
7 days in prison |
| For what: |
Stealing money |
| Father's name: |
James Wright |
| Occupation: |
Carter |
| Mother's name: |
Jane Wright (step-mother) |
| Occupation: |
|
| Parents dead? |
Mother |
| Survivor married again? |
Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: |
Mother not kind to boy |
| Character of parents |
No convictions against either |
| Parents' wages: |
16s per week. Wife works |
| Amount parents agree to pay: |
Application will be made to Justices for an order |
| Parents address: |
Crown Yard, Bilston Street, Wolverhampton (Grandmother Mary Wright, Miner treet, Monmore Green, Wolverhampton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): |
Major Hay, Chief Constable, Wolverhampton |
| Person making this return: |
T D D Hay, Chief Constable |