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asking what place she v/as at then, 

 he said it was the Bricklayers' 

 Arms. The prisoner immediately 

 cried out, " O ! that is right, I 

 believe, for it is from this place 

 the Brighton Coaches go." Wit- 

 ness said, that it was not, and that 

 the Brighton coaches Went from 

 the Elephant and Castle. At this 

 time the child was very " wrangle- 

 some." The prisoner asked for 

 something to drink, and witness 

 brought it to her. \^'hile she was 

 drinking, seeing her in trouble, he 

 eaid, " Dear me, why do you flurry 

 yourself so much : the child is 

 only a little wranglesome and 

 cross." Witness then went back 

 as desired to the Elephant and 

 Castle ; and when he arrived, by 

 her request, asked whether there 

 was any stage, or return chaise, 

 going to Brighton. There, how- 

 ever, was no conveyance of any 

 kind going that road. After hav- 

 ing got a little milk for the child, 

 and some more drink for the pri- 

 soner, she asked him what he 

 would charge to take her to Croy- 

 don ? ^V'itness replied that he 

 would take her for 'ios. She said 

 it was too much, but finding she 

 coidd get no other conveyance, she 

 said, " I find you are very civil, 

 and I wish you would go with 

 me." The agreement was made, 

 and witness was to stop at a house 

 or two on the road, to give some- 

 thing to the child. He then i)ro- 

 ceeded on the road, and when he 

 arrived at Streatham, the ciiiU! 

 again began to be " wranglesome." 

 He stopped at the Horse and 

 Groom, where the child was 

 nursed and fed for about 10 mi- 

 nutes. He arrived at Croydon at 

 about half-past 10 o'clock at night, 

 and the prisoner, after paying for 



the coach, took a return chaise, 

 and told the post-boy to drive to 

 Brigliton. At about half-j)ast 

 two in the morning witness got 

 back to London, and upon going 

 into his room as usual, his wife 

 said to him, " Why, Woolhead, 

 there has been a hue and cry after 

 you J there is a child stolen." In 

 consequence of the inforaiation 

 of his wife, the witness went to 

 Mr. Porter's house, and after some 

 conveisation, put a pair of horses 

 to his coach, and set ofl" vvith the 

 prosecutor and his father in search 

 of the prisoner: He first went to 

 Croydon, then to Reigate, to 

 Crawley, Brighton, and from 

 thence to Chichester, where he 

 arrived about two o'clock in the 

 evening of the next day, and there 

 saw the prisoner and the child at 

 the Golden Fleece inn. 



Henry Porter was a butcher by 

 trade, and resided at No. 3, Que- 

 bec-street, Portman-square. He 

 was married on the 14th of April, 

 1816. In the month of June last 

 Louisa Wood was employed in his 

 service, to attend particularly to 

 his child. About half-past five in 

 the evening of the 6th of June she 

 went out with the child to take a 

 walk, and about a quarter before 

 seven o'clock a jierson informed 

 him that his child was stolen. 

 Witness and his wife immediately 

 went in search of the child, one 

 going one way and the other ano- 

 ther. At a little before three in 

 the morning- Woolhead came to 

 his house ; and witness, in com- 

 pany with his father, proceeded in 

 a coach to Chichester. He found 

 the pi-isoner at tlie Golden Fleece 

 at Chichester. She was then 

 leaning over the child, -vhich was 

 lying crying on the bed. Witness 



said 



