Amos Lear - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1054 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Height: | 4 ft 4¾ ins |
| Particular marks: | First finger deformed; dot on right wrist |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 29 January 1894 |
| Late residence: | 20 Navigation Road, Burslem |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Rogue and vagabond |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Loss of parental control |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 20 January 1894; W Bolton and S Maddock; Burslem Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 10 days hard labour in prison, 3 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 4 |
| Length: | 1) (9 September 1890) birched; 2) (19 September 1893) fined 5s and costs, or 7 days; 3) (4 December 1893) 1 day; 4) (14 January 1894) 1 day |
| For what: | 1) Stealing trousers; 2) brawling; 3) vagrancy; 4) vagrancy |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Both |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | S Leggett, Governor H M Prison Stafford |
| Notes: | |
| 29 January 1896 The Medical Officer reported: Sprained forearm | |
| 10 August 1896 The Register of Boys on Licence records that Lear was licensed to go out and work for Mr Menzies, Ellesmere Lodge, Altincham | |
| 28 January 1897 Sentence expired whilst out on licence, discharged from Saltley | |
| 12 October 1897 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Lear, collier, Audley, Staffordshire. (Has met with an accident. Asks that his Post Office Savings Book might be forwarded. This was done) | |
| 14 December 1897 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Lear, collier, Newcastle under Lyme, North Staffordshire. (Again at work. Regrets not seeing Mr Blake. Wants to go back to old employer) | |
| 8 February 1898 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Lear, Audley, Staffordshire. (Going to work in Altrincham) | |
| 8 August 1899 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Lear, Ireland | |