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in the Nadi of the iury, and should be satisfied with'
`their verditt, whatever might be the erent.
Lord Chief Justice Gums repeated with minute.
ness, all the circumstances of the case in his summing
up to the Jury, desiring the Jury to lay but of theit
consideration all matters not immediately connected
with the case, more particularly what had been slid
tegarding the injury sustained' by the Duke of Wel-
lington. • The plaintiff had only a right to compeh-
sation for the damage sustained 'by himself and his
wife for the imputation, admitted to be.without four-
dation. If the damages to be given were small, as
had been suggested by the Learned Serjeant for the
• defendant, such a verdict might lead to an opinion in
future that the cue of the plaintiff had not been fully
proved, and that the defendant had shewn on the trial
some reaion to lessen the compensation. The whole
case was before the Jury, and they were the only com-
petent judges of the question left to them.
The Jury retired for half an hour, and then re-
turned to Court with a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
mages Too Mowed

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, FEBRUARY is.
WILD V. TIM GAS LIGHT COMPANY.

This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a
clerk in a mercantile house in the City, to recover a
compensation in damages for an injury sustained by
him, in consequence of the negligence of the defen-
dants servants, who, in excavating -the earth, in the
Strand, for the purpose of laying &wn gas pipes, so
obstructed the road as to occasion the overturning of
the tplaiotiff's dig, by which
ea valuable horse was
rendered- unserviceable.

The dart', under the direction of Lord Et.,t strao.
moon, who was o( opinion that the defendants had
not done what was necessary to protect the King's
:objects from accidents, found a verdict for the plain-
tiff—Damages £9O.

OLD BAILEY.

Thursday John Oats. aged 21, and John Martha/i,
aged 90, were found guilty of burglariously breaking
and entering the .dwelling house of Philip Palmer,
on the Sd .of February inst. and stealing therein a
quantity of leather.—Deatb.
Jaw fratkas was indicted for assaulting John
Yeates on the King's highway, putting him in fear,
end taking from his person a watch, seals, etc.—lt
appeired that on the 2Sd of January last, the prose-
cutor was going along Holles-street, into Cavendish.
squat*, when a man ran violently against him, but
immediately begged his pardon. In a moment after,
however, having recovered his surprise, he missed his
watch. He immediately gave an alarm, and the
prisoner being pursued was afterwards taken. The
prisoner was found Guilty, but not of the capital
offence. •

Richard Gilmore, aged 19, and John Hall, aged 20,
were found guilty of burglariously breaking and en-
tering the dwelling house of Moses Davis, on the sth
of February, in Gray's Inn-lane, and stealing from
thence a silk shawl and other articles.—Death.
Benjamin Jesse, an Italian seaman, was found guilty
of stealing, from the person of Thomas Donaldson,
on the I lth inst. in the parish of St. Catherine, one
watch, a gold chain, seal, and key.
Yesterday Sarah Pantos stood capitally indicted for
the wilful murder of her female infant, on the 26th
of January. in the parish of Hampstead.—A variety
of circumstances, not of a nature to be detAiled, were
spoken to by several witnesses, but the prosecution
seemed principally to rest upon a confession said to,
have been made by the prisoner, under a promise that
it should be better for her if she would confess. A
confession, however, under such circumstances, the
humane and Learned Judge (Sir SIMON La BLANC)
ruled could not be received against a prisoner, and'
she was acquitted on the charge of murder ; as she
was also of that of concealing the birth, which was
subsequently preferred aghinst her.
N'. Threw was indicted for breaking into the house
of W. Marshall, and stealing therein two pieces .of
woollen cloth.—Guilty—Death.
Said was indicted for stealing a counterpane,
and other articles, in the dwelling house of S. Cole.
Guilty—Death.
J. Crow and D. alias /X BaN were indicted for
breaking and entering the house of T. Lee, of Cha-
ring Cross, and stealing an umbrella, value
Guilty—Death.

The following were also capitally convicted, viz.
Ann Smith, for stealing a piece of gingham, the pro-
perty of W. T. Bannister, privately in his shop ; J.
Smith, for breaking and entering the house of S.
Dowsing, and stealing a bed and other articles ; J.
Fancntt, for stealing a quantity of linen cloth, the
property of Messrs. Stubbs and Alehouse ; and T.
rawer, for a burglary in the house of G. Solomon.l
and stealing a quantity of wearing apparel.

- COURT 'Of ANITTNI AT Pnals.--Few criminal trials
have been attended with circumstances of so strange
a nature, as that which occupied the attention Of the
Court, on Monday last :

" La tip lash 27 years of age, formerly a Cars.
bineer, residing in Rue Mouffetard, had lived with a
woman, Gaudret, as her husband. He had no em-
ployment, and they would have been both in a state
of indigence, if the woman had not received presents
from an old man, with the knowledge of Leon. This,
woman, tired of supporting the younger of her lovers,
gave him notice in the month of September last, that
if, at the expiration of fifteen days, he did no: obtain
the situation he sought' for, he must quit her house.
—Leon, to all appearance, received the declaration
coldly, but took a desperate resolution. On the 12th
of October he rose at six in the morning, leaving the
woman in bed. took a hammer, and gave her a violent
blow on the temple. Soon after, apprehending that
she might recover and alarm the neighbourhood, he
completed his crime by strangling his victim. He
then took away all the valuable effects, locked the
door, and went to hii parents at Lagny, whne be
remained till the following day. The Conunisskry
of Police afterwards received two letters from Leon,
confessing the crime, and stating that he had pre-
ferred committing this horrible act, rather than be
separated Irons a woman whom be loved to distrac-
tion. He soon after presented hiniself to the mother,
of the deceased, who had him apprehended. He
declared that he gave all the property he had taken
away to the first poor people he met, desiring them
to pray for 'the deceased. The Jury found him guilty,
and he was condemned to the punishment of cleat .
He beard his acatease wilt( the topsoil tranquillity."