The National Register.
London, England, 1809-04-30 00:00:00

THE KING v. Aix :K. DAVISON, ESQ.

Mr. Davison, who stood remanded from the last term, was
brought up to receive the jodgment of the Court.
Mr. Attorney General informed the Court, that since the la,t
term Mr. Davison had paid into the Treasury the Fum of
15,6001. beiug the amount of all the Comiuissiou he improperly
received.

Mr. Justice Grose then pronounced the lodgement of the
Court ; and having descanted on the importance of the offence
committed by the defendant, sentenced the defendant to t wente-
one months ira prisonment in Newgate, which, w ith the three
he has already endured, is a sentence of two years imprison-
ment.

A most afflittingcircumstakce occurred on Thursday the alb
instant, at a place called High Wood, in the parish of Turk
sey, about six miles from Lincoln.—About eight yearsngo.
Mr. Joseph Gibson, of High Wood, married his present wife,
soon after which she betrayed symtoms of mental derangement
and often wandered about the fields surrounding their house in
a state of lunacy. After suffering under thiw dreadful malady
for about half a year, Mrs. Gibsou recovered, and continued in
good health until about five weeksago, when she again became
depressed and •pensive, and did not seem to give any attention
to her children, of which she had three—one about four months.
the others two and three years old. In consequence 011ie dis-
tressing situation int* which she bad relapsed, a person of Sax-
elby, named Mary Noble, was lately engaged to attend on Mrs.
Gibson, and to assist in the care of the family. This pei-soo
gave the following evidence before Mr. Drury, the Coroner.—
" About quarter past nine o'clock on Thursday morning last,
Mrs. Gibson chine into the silting-room. I spoke to her, but
did not re;nark any alteration in her person or behaviour. The
inner door of the house was shut; the outer door near to it was
open, and Mrs. Gihson had the key of it. She sat in the rutin'
for a short time, very.composedly, and then said she would go.
into the garden. and that the two elder ehildten should go wit&
her. She led the children to the door m in etch hand : she
shut the inner door with violence; and: at that moment I oh-
served she got hold of the children's arms with her left hand.
The manner of shutting the door alarmed me ; I ran to 14, bdt
before I reached it Mrs. Gibson had locked the outer door.
then became more alarmed, knowing the well was only about
is yards from the house, and with a violent effort I succeeded
'ri breaking open the door; which I had just accomplished, whets
Mrs. Gibson stood before me--she looked wild and agitated.
and before I could speak, clapped her hands, and e ieqinie4l, I
have put them both in ! I looked into the well, and saw both
children lying in the %rater. At this moment Joseph Newby, a
young man, servant to Mr. Gibson, came to us, and Mrs. Gibson
was forced into the house. Newby went down into the well by
means of the well-chain, and got both the children upon his
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