On 18 October 1856 Catherine was arrested. She was remanded in custody at Castlemaine on a charge of vagrancy after being found in her house at Goldsborough with no visible means of support. Marsh, examined by a doctor was pronounced to be behaving under temporary insanity. (Melanie R. Senior, Thank you Your Worship, that will do ‘Til I get More!, BA Hons Thesis, 2 November 2001.)