Year: 1873

A NOTED FEMALE OFFENDER SENT TO TIE
PENITENTARY-A BRIEF NOTICE OF HER
LIFE.-Pinkey Rose Thomas, a notorious
negro offender, was yesterday tried in the
Hastings Court for stealing lot of clothing,
found guilty, and sent to the penitentiary
for one year. On q former occasion she was
also convicted Of petit larceny by Police
Justice White and imprisoned in the city
Jail. When arrested q second time for steal
ing the Justice sent her on to the grand
jury. 4 true bill was found against her, and
in accordance with that Indictment she was,
rs above stated, tried and convicted.


The law provides that when free per-
son is convicted Of petit larceny, and it is
alleged in the indictment on which he is
convicted, and admitted, or by the jury
found, that he has been before sentenced in
the United States for the like offence, he shall
be sentenced to be confined in the peniten-
tiary for one year." And in accordance with
this statute the court sentenced her. 1t may
be remarked in this case thatas Pinkey Rose
Thomas has already been in the penitentiary
she has now TO serve in addition to the one
year Of the courts sentence Yesterday five
years more, according to the statute so made
and provided.


During the trial yesterday the accused said
she chad seen the dark side Of life ever
since she was large enough to crawl through
six-inch pane of glass;" which she did to
steal piece Of bacon, and for which offence
she went to the pcnitentiary for the term oil
two years; and she felt now 50 disgusted
with what she had seen of the world that il
she could possibly get hold of the proper
drugs she would allow the Coroner to hold
an inquest over her body, and that the YER
dict Of the jury would be that she " died OF
cold poisou."


Pinkey Rose Thomas has for q long time
been terror to jailor, and in the court
room yesterday cut up all sorts of capers
tried TO throw an apple-corc at a spectator
reached over Tor the law-books used by the
Commonwealth attorney, and kept up such
Il talking that the City Sergeant had to de-
vote all Of his attention to her during The
trial. She is as black as the ace OF spades
and whilst in the Police Court recently got
into such rage that she tried to tear off all
Of her clothing. She is about eighteen years
old, and was first sent to the penitentiary
from Hanover county, Va, for term Of two
years for breaking and entering the house oil
Mr.. Thomas, in that county.


III the spring of 1871 her time expired in
that institution, since which time she has
been almost II constant free boarder in the
city Jail, as the following record will show
She was first committed by Justice j. B,
Royster on the Goth of September, 1871, to


keep the peace for three months; again, on


the 10Th of October (same year), by Justice
White, for three months again, Oh the 9TH Of
February, 1872, by Justice White, for three


months; again, on the 4th Of June, 1872. by
Justice White, for thirty days; again. on the
| 3lst of August, 1872, by Justice Crew, fol
! three months-this time was discharged on
the 9th of September; again, on the 10th o


September (next day after having been dis.
chargedb by Justice Crew, for term Of


three months and, lastly, on the Sth of the


present month by Justice White; and this


time she was sent on to the grand jury of the
Hastings Court for stealing, the offence Of
| which she was found guilty.