Stamford Mercury
Kesteven Sessions
Rosetta Smith, aged 26, was indicted for stealing, at Langtoft on the 19th of March, a silver watch, value 10s., the property of Eliz. Ellis. The prosecutrix is a milliner at Langtoft; after being engaged at the back of her house, she returned into her front parlour, where she found dirty footmarks: this circumstance caused her to see whether anything had been taken away, and then she missed her watch. The prisoner (a gipsy) was seen near the house, and on her being asked she had been into Miss Ellis', she denied that she had. She was then taken to the Bull public-house and searched and the stolen watch was found in her pocket —Guilty —Two months' hard labour.
