| No. in Admissions Register: |
593 |
| Age: |
15 |
| Whence received: |
Stafford Gaol |
| Description: |
| Complexion: |
Fresh |
| Hair colour: |
Brown |
| Eyes colour: |
Grey |
| Visage: |
- |
| Particular marks: |
- |
| State of health: |
Good |
| Able-bodied? |
Yes |
| Date of admission and term: |
7 January 1878 5 years |
| Late residence: |
Wolverhampton |
| Parish he belongs to: |
Wolverhampton |
| Customary work and mode of life: |
Japanner |
| Whether illegitimate: |
- |
| State of education: |
| Reads: |
Imperfectly |
| Writes: |
Imperfectly |
| Offence: |
Stealing bacon |
| Circumstances which may have led to it: |
Bad company |
| Date of sentence, by who and court: |
7 November 1877, Wolverhampton Petty Sessions, G L Underhill and G H Rogers |
| Where imprisoned: |
Stafford |
| Sentence: |
- |
| Previous committals: |
| Number: |
One |
| Length: |
1 month |
| For what: |
Stealing boots |
| Father's name: |
John William Benson |
| Occupation: |
Japanner |
| Mother's name: |
Emma Benson |
| Occupation: |
- |
| Parents dead? |
- |
| Survivor married again? |
- |
| Parents' treatment of child: |
Good |
| Character of parents |
Honest, drunken, health good |
| Parents' wages: |
25s to 30s per week, and from 50s to 60s when trade good |
| Amount parents agree to pay: |
- |
| Parents address: |
98 Pool Street, Wolverhampton |
| Superintendent of police (to collect payments): |
- |
| Person making this return: |
- |