Ann Jones also known as Ann Webb on the 18th December 1874, was fined 1shilling (s) and costs for drunk and disorderly.
On the 30th October 1875 was found to be soliciting prostitution. Fined 5 shillings and costs.
On the 20th November 1875 again soliciting prostitution. Fined 10 shillings and costs.
A change of direction on breaking the law, on the 30th December 1875 was found to be housebreaking - discharged.
April 1876 stealing a purse and 4s 6d. Four month jail sentence.
At Bow Street Police Station under another alias of Mary Jane Jones further criminal charges arose. On the 5th April 1879 rogue and vagabond, 2 months imprisonment.
On 11th October 1879 a charge of larceny from a person, sentenced to 4 months.
Her longest sentence was once again for larceny and stealing with another female accomplice. On the 16th April 1885 she was sentenced to 5 years penal servitude. As the Deputy Recorder remarked "it is a scandal to society that persons like Jones should be allowed to go about and prey upon it, and society should be protected from such persons who would not work honestly for their living".
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