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| 574 5EH2T UNDE&G&OUltD SAIL SO AD. whether they came from Maryland; I never knew of Mahala Richardson before last evening in court; the difference in her appearance is a natural one, that every body is acquainted with; I mean that a little boy is not a man, and a growing girl is not a woman; age and flesh and sue make a difference; if I had not conversed with her. daring the twenty-one years, I would not have known her; I never changed a word with her about the case, except to say I was sorry to see her here; I knew her the moment I saw her; her arrest conld not have been in the newspapers of the morning as she was not arrested until seven o'clock that day; I went to Chester to look for witnesses ; I came to the court because I am a vigilant man, and ray principle is to save any person whose liberty IB in danger; I had heard that a woman was arrested; her business is to get work wherever she can. Deborah Ann Boyer, sworn. I was thirty-three last January; I live •within one mile of West Chester; I am a married woman; I have lived there since 1835. I went there with my mother; I can read; I have seen the alleged fugitive before this; I first knew her at Downingtown, when she came to my mother's house; that was before I had gone to West Chester with my mother; you can tell how long it was, for it was in 1826 ; my brother was born in that year; I was quite small then; don't know how she came there; she was with my mother during her confinement; my brother is dead; it is written down in our Testament; and I took an epitaph from it to put on the tombstone; the last time I saw it was when the fellow killed the school-mistress. I looked because about 1830, a man killed a woman, and was hung, and I wanted to see how long ago it was. I have seen her more or less ever since, until within two years. I don't remember when she went from mother, but I saw her at Mr. Latta's afterwards. I have no doubt she is the woman; she was then a slim, tall girl, larger than myself; she is not darker now, bat heavier set every way. * * * • * * * % * Sarah Gayly affirmed.—I am between forty-seven and forty-eight years of age. I live in the city at this time. I was raised in Chester county, in 1824, and have been here about five years. I lived in Downingtown nine or ten years. I lived awhile in West Chester, and lived in Chester county until about five years ago. I know the alleged fugitive. I first saw her in tie neighborhood of Downingtowc, at a place they call Down-ing's old* 8tage office; she worked in the house with me; it \\ras somewhere near 1824, just before Lafayette came about; she worked off and on 4ays' work, to -wash dishes; she was a small girl then, very thin, and youiger than me. I met with her, as near as I can tell you, down in the valley, at a place called the Valley Inn. I used to see her off and on at church, in 1826. I visited her at Mr. Latta's, after she lived at the Valley Inn. I don't know when she left that county. I know the alleged fugitive is the same person; she belonged to the same church, Ebenezer. I |