William Clay - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 728 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Mark from burn on lower back |
| State of health: | - |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 5 September 1883 |
| Late residence: | 2 Challenor's Building, Tunstall, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Wolstanton |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Labourer lad |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Rogue |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 6 August 1883; Edward John Ridgway and J H Wragge; Court of Summary Jurisdiction Hanley |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | - |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | William Clay |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Mother's name: | Ann Clay |
| Occupation: | Collier |
| Parents dead? | Mother |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Not known |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and in good health |
| Parents' wages: | 60s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s |
| Parents address: | 2 Challenor's Building, Tunstall, Staffordshire |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | James Hill |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 11 August 1883 There is a brief report of the crime in the Staffordshire Advertiser Saturday 11 August 1883 p.3 col.4: William Clay, charged with having been on premises for an unlawful purpose at Tunstall. was committed to gaol for one month and ordered to be sent to a reformatory for five years. | |
| 13 October 1883 Medical officer reports: Incontinence of urine | |
| 28 November 1885 Medical officer reports: Phimosis, and incontinence of urine | |
| 28 July 1886 Absconded in company with Herbert Salt [boy 787] at 12.30 today | |
| 10 August 1886 Recaptured at Tunstall by P C Biddulph four minutes after entering his parents' house | |
| 4 September 1888 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley | |