William Pulley - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 827 |
| Age: | 11 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Light brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 3½ ins |
| Particular marks: | Front part of each arm been severely burnt |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Slender |
| Date of admission: | 26 October 1886 |
| Late residence: | 10 Gate Street, Longton |
| Parish he belongs to: | Longton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | None |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing money |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 27 September 1886; W M Williamson and W A Addule; Longton Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | None |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | William Pulley |
| Occupation: | Potter |
| Mother's name: | Mary Ann Pulley |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Well treated |
| Character of parents | Good |
| Parents' wages: | 25s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Willing to pay 1s 6d per week, ought to pay 2s 6d per week |
| Parents address: | 10 Gate Street, Longton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Joseph Evans, Superintendent of Police, Longton, Staffordshire |
| Person making this return: | G H Hawley, Clerk to the Visiting Justices |
| Notes: | |
| 16 November 1889 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Pulley was licensed to go out and work for Mr Rochell, Commerce Street, Longton | |
| 24 June 1891 Discharged early from Saltley, on account of emigrating to Canada, where he has a place of work in Toronto | |
| 13 October 1896 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Pulley, Ontario, Canada | |
| 9 February 1897 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Pulley, Canada. (Pulley doing well. Not heard from for several years, as he had been travelling through the States) | |
| 14 June 1898 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Pulley, Ontario | |