about noon
The mail-bag had been found , as well as the letters . Those letters from which money had been taken , were kept , by order of the officers , and duplicates sent to the various persons , to whom they were directed , announcing the particulars . These letters had been given me for examination , and I had then returned them to the prosecuting attorney . I got through with my private preliminaries about noon , and as the case would not come up before the next day , I went into the court in the afternoon , to see what was going on . The first case which came up was one of theft , and the prisoner was a young girl , not more than seventeen years of age , named Elizabeth Madworth . She was very pretty , and bore that mild , innocent look , which we seldom find in a culprit . The complaint against her set forth that she had stolen one hundred dollars from a Mrs. Naseby ; and as the case went on , I found that this Mrs. Naseby was her mistress , she -LRB- Mrs. N. -RRB- being a wealthy widow , living in the town .