Star. — 1826-05-15 (London, England)

OLD BAILEY, MAY IS..  i 115.... Mary Lay; aged 2.5, was indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, but the evidence not being strong enough to criminate the prisoner, Mr. Baron fluu.ocx stopped Ore case, anddirected an acquittal. , James Curtis was indicted for the murder of Mr. Cundy, by driving his cart against him, in Regent. street. The same evidence was given As on the Corot nei 75 Inquest. . Mr. Bettors Iluccocg, in summing up, said, the prisoner must be acquitted on the charge of murder. The only question the Jury had to decide war, whether Mr. Cundy's death was the result of carelessness on the part of the prisoner, or was it the effect of mere accident ?—The Jury found the prisoner guilty of'Man.l slaughter; and, on the Jury recommending the prisoner to mercy, the Judge said, it would be necess ay for him to pass such a sentence upon the prisoner, as would put an end to such practices in futute.  Robert Savage, Joseph Ber:field, and Charles Wilson, were indicted for burglary in the dwelling•houso of Mr. Robert Bigg, at Annett-place, in the Lower Road, Islington, on the 23d of April last. It appeared, from the evidence, that on the night stated in the indictment, the prosecutor's house was broken open, and a pocket. book, containing 251. a dressing-case, ani a variety of other articles stolen. The robbery, however, was net discovered by the prosecutor till the following morning. In the meantime, the prisoners were met in Unionstreet, Kingsland Road, with part of the stolen property then in their possession, and on being interrogated as t 3 how they came by it, two of them presented loaded pistols at the person who made the inquiry, and who, of course, got away from them as quickly as possible. He gave an alarm, and the prisoners were pursued by some watchmen, and were observed, in their flight to throw away a centre bit, and ether implements of housebreaking; but they succeeded in effecting their escape. They were apprehended, two days afterwards, at the Blue Boar public-house, and on the persons of the two former prisoners were found part of the stolen property, and a brace of loaded pistols, s ith a quantity of powder, bullet mould,. and a variety of duplicates. The Sur", found Savage and Benfield Guilty,andbaquittedWilaon. Charles Abbott, the porter of Mr. Lancaster, the .Coach Office proprietor, Regent-street, was charged with stealing a gold seal and chain. Mr. T2onnelly, a jowelier in Piccadilly, left the parcel at the office, to be sent to a Trench Countess at)Paris, and he paid 2s. for the .carriage, and 2d. for the booking. It was afterwards discovered that the prisoner had pawned the property, at the shop of Mr. Collins,O pawnbroker, No. 66, Long Acre, and an affidavit of the duplicate, which he Jud lust, was found upon him.  The Jury, without hesitation., found hint Guilty. .7ssepA Low:Ester, v, he received sentence of 14 days' imprisonment. at the Middlesex S.:salons, for stealing a parcel sent to the Atlas office. was liberated from his sentence, on paying a fine of ls. in opier that he might give evideuce in the above case, but he did not arrive to-tigte.  . ~-~.~_  • SINCrULA R LA W CASL►. • •  •f 2 < , Alibis, of the name of Salfeld, who held an office in Reese Dartnallde, and who has been dead above. 900 yeari, lent in 1e25 to the city of Worms the sum of 5000 dollars, at lye per cent. Hio wife survived him. After,lar dem& the hews of the husband claimed these 5000 dollars, but the heirs of the wife disputed the claim. The proceedings were protracted to an immense length by the ingenious Lawyers, and at len,gth the two parties time to a compromise for the division of the fortune. Bet now the city made difficulties about the repayment. The storms of revolutions which followed, caused the affairs to fall into oblivion. But the heirs of the wife have lately cote forward again, and the Tribunal has decided, that if the heirs of the husband, whose residence is •unknown, do not appear within two months, the heirs of the wills shall receive the principal and the arrears of interest fir 'OO yea:L....Berlin Paper.