Samuel Henry Preston - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 603 |
| Age: | 14 |
| Whence received: | Stafford County Prison |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | - |
| Hair colour: | - |
| Eyes colour: | - |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | - |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | - |
| Date of admission: | 27 April 1878 |
| Late residence: | Smethwick |
| Parish he belongs to: | Smethwick |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Nut and bolt factory |
| Whether illegitimate: | - |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Vagrancy |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | - |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 6 April 1878; C Ratcliff and J W Williams; West Bromwich Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison, Stafford |
| Sentence: | 21 days in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | - |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | - |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Emma Preston |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | - |
| Character of parents | Mother in lunatic asylum |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Not able to pay anything |
| Parents address: | - |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | - |
| Person making this return: | T Summerfield, Clerk to the Governor, H M Prison, Stafford |
Notes:
| 1 June 1881 Confirmed this day by the Bishop of Worcester at Aston Church |