Samuel Whitehouse - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 741 |
| Age: | 11 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Pale |
| Hair colour: | Dark |
| Eyes colour: | Dark grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Cut left side of forehead |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Slender |
| Date of admission: | 5 January 1884 |
| Late residence: | 12 Tibbington Terrace, Princes End, Tipton, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Dudley Port |
| Customary work and mode of life: | No occupation |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | - |
| Offence: | Stealing 2s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 7 December 1883; M Ironmonger and A Twentyman; Bilston Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | - |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | Samuel Whitehouse |
| Occupation: | (deceased) |
| Mother's name: | Hannah Whitehouse |
| Occupation: | Charwoman |
| Parents dead? | Father |
| Survivor married again? | No |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Well |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and good health |
| Parents' wages: | About 6s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 5 other children dependent on the mother, so that she cannot contribute to this boy's support |
| Parents address: | 12 Tibbington Terrace, Princes End, Tipton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Richard Longden, Chief Superintendent of Police, Bilston |
| Person making this return: | J W Hall, Clerk to the Court of Summary Jurisdiction Bilston |
| Notes: | |
| 11 November 1886 Absconded with Brettle [boy 753], but both recaptured within 24 hours | |
| 13 April 1887 Licensed to go out and work for Mr B Gettins, Moat Colliery, Tipton | |
| 28 December 1888 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley whilst out on licence | |
| 9 June 1891 The Reformatory Committee Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Whitehouse, Tipton | |