Nettie BAKER was arraigned before Mayor DANIEL on Thursday last on the charge of stealing a gold chain from a lady visitor at the Fair.  She confessed having had the chain in her possession, and it was also proven that she had shown it to several persons.  However it was not recovered, she affirming that it had been lost from her pocket.  The impression is, that this statement is false, and that she still has the chain.  She was required to give bond for her appearance at court.

Source: Roanoke News, 9 November 1878. Available online at digitalnc.org.