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London, England, 1828-10-22 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS, OCT. 21.

Ma Skinner, a boy aged thirteen years, and Johlt
Mansell, an old man aged fifty-nine, were indicted, the
former for stealing, and the latter for receiving, know.
ing them to be stolen, three gowns, a frock, and a hand-
kerchief, the property of Mr. James Baia, a grocer and
cbeesemonger. in Kennington.
It appeared that dining the night of the SOils of Sep.
Umber, a loft adjoining Mr. Bain's shop, three stories
high, was broken open, and a quantity of linen that
had been left there to dry was stolen ; there was also
a quantity of soap and cheese missing. In consequence
of information that was given to Walker, a constable, he
apprehended she boy Skinner on the 6th of Oct. within
a few yards of Mansell's house, whither he admitted he
was going with three locks then in his hand; on being
taken before the Magistrate at Union Hall, he confessed
be bad stolen the articles and sold them to W. Man-
sell for three shillings. On taking Mansell and search-
ing his house, a quantity of cheese and soap was found,
but not in a state to be identified. A woman named
Maria Cashbold, who cohabited with Mansell, gave
evidence to the effect that she saw Skinner come with
the articles to Mansell's house and receive three shillings
for them. She knew Skinner, who used to come to
Disinseles almost every day with articles for sale; and
she added, that numbers of little boys used to come to
Mansell's almost every day with articles for sale, which
Used to be secreted until the Jews came to purchase+
them ; leaden pipes and scrapers used to be brought in
abundance, and busied in the garden, until they were
again wanted. With respect to the articles stolen from
Mr. Bain't loft, as they were in a wet state, Mansell
ordered.her to dry and iron them, and then take them
to a pawnbroker's some distance off to pledge. She
pledged them for ten shillings at Mr. Fleming'4 shop,
an Fleet-market. On the last examination before the
Magistrate, the boy Skinner changed his story, and said
tbat.it was Mrs. Mansell, by which name Maria Cash-
bold was known, who bought the articles, and gave
him the money.
Mansell, in his defence, denied all knowledge of the
robbery of the articles, and called two witnesses, who
gave him a good character.
Skinner called one witness to character, and said, in
his defence, that be found the bundle, and sold it to
ides. Mansell, who desired him to say nothing to Man-
sell about it.
The Jury found both the prisoners Gmilip
The esiaratenteiin addressing the prisoners, said that
k appeared that Mansell was in the constant practice
of training up boys, who mast come to untimely deaths
unless a speedy check was put to it. The sentence of
the Court was, that Mansell be transported for fourteen

years, and Skinner be kept to hard labour for six months,
and during that time to be once publicly whipped, for
the distance of 150 yards, on some spot as near as pose
ble to where the robbery was committed.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OCT. 21.

AfoAtria.
Sarah Chalkly was• indicted for assaulting Mary
Renningtosi,.on the 28th of May last.
From the evidence of the prosecuuis,who is a washer-
woman, and a lad, who assisted her in her vocation, it
appeared that the little Cbalklies and the little Ren-
ningtone had been fighting, when the prosecute.' and
bet witness very politely interfered,' and requested Mrs.
Chalkly to draw off her younkers from the combat.
Mrs. Chalkly, however, not appreciating the very polite
(request of the prosecute:, called both parties by sundry
unceremonious names, and concluded her vituperations
by assaulting the latter, and breaking her windows, she
(the prosecutes) maintaining, notwitbuanding this pro-
vocation, all her politeness to the last.
While this evidence was giving, Mrs. Chalkly fro-
wner raised her hands and eye's to Heaven in the
utmost possible amazement, but said nothing, at which
owl were as mach *maned as they were at thatwhich
toirirvido •
Ur. C. Pinura called, on beheld the defendant, a

very young man with a very old name, one Abraham
Moses, who gave quite a different version of the affair,
altogether. He swore that Mrs. Chalkly said nothing
at all in the way of vituperation. but that it was the
prosrlcutriz, and the Lady who gave evidence in sup-
port of the charge, who indulged in rhetorical flourishes
and energetic epithets, and ►till more energetic smashing
of windows, of which they had the effrontery to accuse
the defendant, who was quite passive throughout the
whole affair.
The slight variation in the evidence induced the Jury
to err, if at all, on the safe side, and they therefore ac-
quitted the prisoner.