Star.
London, England, 1809-04-21 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

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Yesterday Mary Phillip was indicted for robbing
her lodgings in Chapel Path, Somers Town, of a
feather bed, bolster, looking glass, and other articles,
the property of her landlady. She was found Guilty ;
but was recommended to. mercy, as it appeared the
cause of the committal of the crime originated in dis-
tress, brought on by a connection with a Young, man,
wlio, after having lived on her bounty for a consider-
able time, left her destitute.

The Court sentenced her to pay a fine of Is. and be
discharged.
The following were convicted of felony, viz.
I. Hutton, for szealing a saw, the property of R. Carr.
J. Steptoe, tor stetting two blankets, the property of H.Blythe.
R. Kr7s and J. Reid, fur sitaling a sheet, the property of E.
Coleman. '

Ann Read, for stealing four pewter pots, the property of J.
liat;taw.ty.

J. bloper, fur stealing a pair of boots, the property of Messrs.
aa4

T Kedge, for stealing* pair of spurs, the property efß.Cypscsn.
' M. Bailey ~for stealing eleven shillings aml signore; the pro-
perty of Sarah Saxby..
s W. Henderson, %for stealing a jacket, and other articles, the
, property of J. Steel.
T. Willoughby, for stealing five boot kg,t, the property of T.
Warne.
Mary Wilson, for stealing a table cloth, 8:c. the property of B.
• Lerpronere.
R. BroWn, for stealing a leg of mutton, the property of W.
Smith.
J. Claytke, for stalitig 141 b.. of plated metal, the goods of J.
Micci.
J. Hutchinson, for stealing a pewter pot, the property of T.
Radnor. •
J. Pearce, for stealing Whs. of sugar, the property of Messrs.
Croft and Lewis.
J. Brown, for steathig three handkerchiefs, the goods of Messrs.
Brown and Ingham:
T. Yes, for stealing for quartern loaves.
W. T. Skirrow, for stealing. a spencer.
G. Tyler and J. Taverner, for stealing a quantity of oats.
J. Smith, for stealing a ladder,
Elizabeth Brown, Ann Barker, and E.Bolloek, for pot stealing.
And six were acquitted, viz. Mary Ann Molt, Ann
Wells, J. Lowe, Elizabeth Thompson, Mary Casine,
and Ann Slater.

A most afflicting circumstance occurred on Thurs.
day, the 6th instant, at a place called High Wood,
in the parish of Torksey, about six miles from Lin-
coln. Thoroughly to inform our reaAers of the par-
ticulars, we must begin the narrative by adverting to
some circumstances which a few years preceded the
melancholy event.—Aboiit eight years age, Mr. Jo-
seph Gibson, of High-Wood, married his present
wife ; soon after which she betrayed symptoms of
men al derangement, and often wandered about the
fields surrounding their house in a state of intellectual
suspension.. After suffering under this dreadful ma-
lady for about half a year, Mrs. Gibson recovered,
and continued in good health until about fire weeks
ago, when she again became depressed and pensive,
and did not seem to give any attention to her childrzn,
of which she had three—one about four months old,
the others two • and three years. In consequence of
the distressing situation into which she had relapsed,
a person, of Saxilby, named Mary Noble, was lately
engaged to attend on Mrs. Gibson, and tb assist in the
care of the family. This person gave the following
evidence before Mr. Datum, the Coroner, whose pub-
lic services have been called for by the melancholy
catastrophe :
" On Thursday morning last Mrs. Gibson came
into the sitting-room, about a quarter past 9 o'clock.
I spoke to her, but did not remark any alteration in
her person or behaviour. The. inner door of the house'
was shut ; 'the outer door near to it was oen, and
Mrs. Gibson had the key of it. She sat in the room for ,
a short time, very composedly, and then said she would
go into the garden and that the two elder children
should go with her. She led the children to the door
one in each hand : she shut the inner door with vio-
lence, and at that moment I observed she got hold
of the children's arms with her left hand. The manner
of shutting the door alarmed me ; I ran to it, but be-
fore I reached it, Mrs. Gibson had locked the outer
door. I then became more alarmed, knowing the well
was only about six yards from the house, and with a
violent effort I succeeded in breaking cpen the door;
which I bad just accomplished when Mrs. Gibson
stood before me—she looked wild and agitated • and
before I could speak, clapped her hands, and exclaim-
ed, I have put them both in ! I looked into the
well, and saw both children .lying in the water. 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 WI thechildren upon
his knees, although the well is 12yards deep, and had 10
feet of water in it : I endeavoured to draw them up,l
and three times raised them to some height, when I
found my. strength insufficient, and was obliged to let
them go down again. At the time of my making the
third attempt, Mrs. Gibson rushed out )f the house,
and ran very fast : I thought she w.zs making for the
pond, and left the young man and the children to go
after her." Mr. Gibson.and some assistants provi-
dentially arrived at this instant, and the servant-man'
and the two children were drawn up, after remaining
in the well nearly three quarters of an hour. A-in,
the elder child, about three years old, was dead, her
skull being fractured by the force with which,, it is
supposed, she was precipitated against the side of the
well by her mother ; the other child was not hurt.—
The Coroner's Jury sat on Wednesday, the 12th inst.
and returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Ann
Gibson, the mother.