The records show:

Hannah Hale, of Ruardean, a collier's wife, aged 24 years, was committed to Gloucester Gaol on March 24th 1853.

Description: 4'11 & 3/4'' tall, brown hair, hazel eyes, oval face, brown complexion, with a burn mark below her right elbow

Charge: stealing at Ruardean Woodside on March 19th 1853 - one feather bed, the property of Elizabeth Dubberly.

Event of Trial: Not a true bill (insufficient evidence)

Hannah was discharged from prison on April 5th 1853.