James Wright - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 685 |
| Age: | 15 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Blue |
| Visage: | Long |
| Particular marks: | Cut under left eye |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 28 December 1881 |
| Late residence: | Monmore Green, Wolverhamton |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wolverhamton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Chillington Iron Works |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing stockings |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Not properly looked after by his step-mother and bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 28 November 1881; S Loveridge and W H Jones; Wolverhampton Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 7 days in prison |
| For what: | Stealing money |
| Father's name: | James Wright |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Mother's name: | Jane Wright (step-mother) |
| Occupation: | |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | Yes |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Mother not kind to boy |
| Character of parents | No convictions against either |
| Parents' wages: | 16s per week. Wife works |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | Application will be made to Justices for an order |
| Parents address: | Crown Yard, Bilston Street, Wolverhampton (Grandmother Mary Wright, Miner treet, Monmore Green, Wolverhampton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Major Hay, Chief Constable, Wolverhampton |
| Person making this return: | T D D Hay, Chief Constable |
Notes: none