I've tried to find a birth or a death for Henry 'Ross' but no luck yet.
There may be a reason for that
Morning Post, 17 November 1886
Police Intelligence.
Thames.
Henry Harris, 14, was charged with stealing £18, the money of Martha Ross, of Harford-street, Mile-end. —The complainant had adopted the prisoner since his mothers death, having kept him during the last 11 years, and hitherto his conduct had been very good. On the 3d of October Mrs. Ross had £20 in gold in a wooden box, and on going to the box on Wednesday last she missed it all but £2. She asked the prisoner where the money had gone, and he replied, " I have not seen it." On Saturday last she again asked him what he had done with the money, and he said, " I took it and spent it all. I went to Levton and Ilford, and took a lot of boys with me."—Samuel Sampson, a plain-clothes sergeant apprehended the prisoner, and in answer to the charge he said, " I took £2 at a time on four occasions, and on the fifth occasion I took £3 and spent all of it." Sergeant Sampson said the prisoner had been to music halls and theatres with a number of boys, and he had purchased, amongst other things, a canary, a watch, and some gold rings.—Mr. Saunders said the prisoner had behaved very badly and dishonestly indeed, and he ordered him to receive 10 strokes with a birch rod.