Among the unscrupulous business practices Fullarton's accusation against Picton included were that Picton granted a contract to supply the soldiers with wood and sundries to "Mrs. Rosetta Smith, a Woman of Colour, who lived with him". Rumours then surfaced that she used the money from the contract to purchase a bordello, which she used to entertain influential men and elicit secrets from them which she reported to Picton. Further using her influence, she was accused of eliciting bribes from prisoners to secure reductions in their sentences and holding weekly salons to dole out her favors. In one instance, she was accused of using military forces to evict a widow and her two daughters from a home that she wanted to purchase. Smith's side of the story was that the widow had agreed to sell, but later tried to renegotiate the transaction for more money and alleged that they and not Smith were the aggrieved parties. When the women complained to the Colonial Office, no action was taken against Smith, perhaps suggesting that her story was credible. Smith was not tried for any of the claims made against her. The only charge in the many claims that Fullarton leveled against Picton which was tried was whether using torture to solicit a confession was contrary to the law in force. He was found guilty, but had the verdict overturned in a later trial. Long after Picton left Trinidad, a business relationship between him and Smith flourished and he left bequests to his four children by her in his will. Despite claims by Fullarton that Smith was unsavory and reviled, she continued to build her business in the slave trade with prominent local businesswomen and men including the Congnet and Philip families. Records in the "Protocols" and "Slave Registers" show that by 1813, Smith owned 32 personal slaves. She used various names in the record books, including Rosetta Smith, Rene Rosetta Picton and Rosetta Picton. She also conducted business with Bartholomew Dwyer, a prosperous, free black attorney, purchasing slaves with him and jointly owning a 350-acre plantation, "La Belle Fille", in the Quarter of Santa Cruz. They did not produce goods for export on the plantation, but rather used it to grow their own provisions, avoiding the costly import fees typically charged on food. Smith disappears from records by 1825, at which time her daughter Augusta Picton was listed as owning slaves previously owned by Smith. The eldest child of Smith and Picton, Thomas, moved to London and trained as a doctor, Richard married in Trinidad and remained there until at least 1834.