Walter Scott - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 1123 |
| Age: | 13 (born 22 October 1882) |
| Whence received: | Rotherham Petty Sessions |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Dark brown |
| Eyes colour: | Mottled |
| Height: | 4 ft 6 ins |
| Particular marks: | Burn right arm, cut right leg |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 27 February 1896 |
| Late residence: | 61 Westgate, Rotherham |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nil (parents have been summoned for boy's truancy) [from school] |
| Whether illegitimate: | Yes |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Very imperfectly |
| Writes: | Very imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing mineral water |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Parental neglect, etc |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 20 February 1896; E Hicknott; Rotherham Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | Not |
| Sentence: | 4 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 (20 January 1896) |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | Stealing tobacco, value 4s |
| Father's name: | J T Wreith (step-father) |
| Occupation: | Brassfounder |
| Mother's name: | Betsy Wreith |
| Occupation: | Housewife |
| Parents dead? | Neither (boy's father is Christopher McGuire, Glossop |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Boy says good |
| Character of parents | Step-father not good - many times convicted of drunkenness |
| Parents' wages: | Father out of work and boy says gone away from home |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not stated |
| Parents address: | 61 Westgate, Rotherham [address of boy's grandparents] |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | E Hickmott |
| Notes: | |
| 19 February 1900 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |
| 13 August 1901 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Scott, Rotherham | |