William Morris - Saltley Reformatory Inmate
| No. in Admissions Register: | 756 |
| Age: | 12 |
| Whence received: | H M Prison Stafford |
| Description: | |
| Complexion: | Pale |
| Hair colour: | Light |
| Eyes colour: | Grey |
| Visage: | - |
| Particular marks: | Burn back of neck |
| State of health: | Good |
| Able-bodied? | Slender |
| Date of admission: | 23 August 1884 |
| Late residence: | 4 Brewery Street, Hanley, Staffordshire |
| Parish he belongs to: | - |
| Customary work and mode of life: | No occupation |
| Whether illegitimate: | No |
| State of education: | |
| Reads: | Not at all |
| Writes: | Not at all |
| Offence: | Stealing 4s |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: | Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by whom and court: | 25 July 1884; B Boothroy and Chas Hampton; Hanley Petty Sessions |
| Where imprisoned: | H M Prison |
| Sentence: | 1 month hard labour in prison, 5 years at Saltley |
| Previous committals: | |
| Number: | 1 |
| Length: | 6 strokes |
| For what: | Stealing money |
| Father's name: | Benjamin Morris |
| Occupation: | - |
| Mother's name: | Ann Morris |
| Occupation: | - |
| Parents dead? | Neither |
| Survivor married again? | - |
| Parents' treatment of child: | Bad |
| Character of parents | Indifferent. Father in prison for receiving money stolen by son |
| Parents' wages: | - |
| Amount parents agree to pay: | - |
| Parents address: | Spittalls, Stoke on Trent (mother); Stafford Gaol (father) |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): | Herbert Windle, Chief Constable, Hanley |
| Person making this return: | - |
| Notes: | |
| 13 September 1887 Medical officer reports: Tonsilitis, recovered without abscess formation by 15 September | |
| 26 January 1889 The Register of Boys on Licence reports that Morris was licensed to go out and work for J Lowe, Esq, J.P., Hanley | |
| 22 August 1889 Sentence expired. Discharged from Saltley whilst out on licence | |