My grandfather, Chester F. Baker, an avid genealogist, in addition to gathering data, loved digging back into records and old newspapers to flesh out the stories of his ancestors.  I've been reading through some of them as I (finally) get everything into the computer and thought I'd share a few over the next few days for a bit of a glimpse of how our ancestors lived (at least the things that made it into the newspaper) Jane Unger     From the Delaware County Republican, Friday May 28, 1852   Commonwealth vs. Ann Tulley – The defendant was indicted for Larceny.  Previous to her arrest, she resided with Mrs. Jane Flavill, of Chester, in the capacity of a house-keeper.  Some time during the month of April, Mts. F. was absent for a few days, and on her return she missed a number of yards of delaise, and two gold dollars which she was informed by a young lady who had her millinery establishment in charge, that she placed in the clock for safe keeping..  Mrs. Flavill had reason to suspect the defendant, and accordingly procured the keys of her trunk, opened it, and found the gold dollars, and various articles of her own property, such as silk and cotton laces, a variety of ribbons, mitts, undersleeves, a silk and linen handkerchief, an Odd Fellow’s rosette, and so on.  Ann, on being confronted, acknowledged that she had stolen a portion of the articles, and expressed contrition for the act.  The goods were all identified by the owner.  The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the court sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of one dollar to the Commonwealth, to restore the stolen property, and undergo an imprisonment of three months in the jail of Delaware County.     http://www.hootowlhollow.com http://www.hootowlhollow.blogspot.com