William Harding - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 218 |
| Date of admission: | 17 May 1861 |
| Whence received: | Stafford Gaol |
| By whom brought: | - |
| On what terms: | - |
| Friends interested in him: | - |
| Description: | ' |
| Height: | - |
| Figure: | - |
| Complexion: | - |
| Hair colour: | - |
| Eyes colour: | - |
| Perfect vision? | Yes |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Sound intellect?' | Yes |
| Use of all limbs? | Yes |
| Had cow or small pox? | Smallpox |
| Particular marks: | Pock-marked |
| Cutaneous disorder? | - |
| Scrofulous or consumptive? | Not apparent |
| Subject to fits? | No |
| Age last birthday: | 14 |
| Illegitimate? | No |
| Birthday: | - |
| Birth place:' | - |
| Has resided: | Spring Bank, Willenhall |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wolverhampton (supposed) |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Collier |
| Schools attended: | - |
| By whom and where employed: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | None |
| Writes: | None |
| Cyphers: | - |
| General ability: | - |
| Offence: | Vagrancy |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Idleness |
| Date of sentence: | 27 April 1861 |
| Where convicted: | Bilston Petty Sessopns |
| Who prosecuted: | - |
| Where imprisoned: | - |
| Sentence: | 21 days prison, 2 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals and convictions: | Larceny |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Mother's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Residence: | - |
| Father's character: | - |
| Mother's character: | - |
| Parents dead? | Both |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | - |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Relatives to communicate with: | - |
| Person making this return: | J W Hall, Bilston |
| Estimate of character on admission: | - |
| Character on discharge: | - |
| When and how left the Reformatory: | 27 Apr 1863 - Emigrated to Canada |
Notes:
| 16 April 1863 Emigrated to Canada |
| December 1865 D Jones [boy 217] says Harding is doing well in Toronto |