Richard Malbon Shaw - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 747 |
| Age: | 13 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Fresh |
| Hair colour: | Brown |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Nil |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Yes |
| Date of admission: | 14 February 1884 |
| Late residence: | near the Ashwood Hotel, Ashwood, Longton, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | Stoke on Trent |
| Customary work and mode of life: | Mining |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Imperfectly |
| Writes: | Imperfectly |
| Offence: | Stealing 2 silk handkerchiefs |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company. The parents are in very poor circumstances and the boy has been left to do very much as he likes |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 15 January 1884; A Edwards; Petty Sessions Longton |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Sentence: | 1 month hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 2 |
| Length: | - |
| For what: | - |
| Father's name: | William Malbon Shaw |
| Occupation: | 0 |
| Mother's name: | Hannah Shaw |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Kind |
| Character of parents | Honest, sober, and health good |
| Parents' wages: | 30s per week - father earns 18s per week, mother earns 12s per week |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | 1s - there are 4 children now at home |
| Parents address: | near the Ashwood Hotel, Ashwood, Longton, Staffordshire |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | George M Williams, Superintendent of Police, Longton |
| Person making this return: | John Arningham, Assistant Clerk to the Justices, Stoke on Trent |
| Notes: | |
| 9 April 1887 Licensed to work for Mr S Evans, Stafford Street, Longton | |
| 3 May 1887 The Reformatory Committee Log Book records receipt of a letter from Shaw, Wood Street, Longton | |
| 13 June 1887 The Log Book records Shaw as readmitted back into the Reformatory from being out on licence on account of bad conduct [original emphasis] | |
| 15 December 1887 Medical officer reports: Catarrh, better next day | |
| 28 January 1888 The Register of Boys on Licence reports that Shaw was let out to go to work for Dan Machin, Longton | |
| 7 June 1888 There is some confusion in documents here, as The Log Book has Shaw now at Lichfield Barracks, but the Register continues to list him as working for Mr Machin in Longton, licensed until 31 July | |
| 12 June 1888 Log Book records receipt of a letter from Shaw, soldier 98th. (Droon [Dragoon?]) Regiment, Lichfield | |
| 12 September 1888 Sentence expired, discharged from Saltley whilst out on licence | |
| 19 August 1890 The Log Book report records receipt of a letter from Shaw, soldier, Cape Town | |