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The Case of Henry Gabites; a Medico-legal Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

Extract

At the winter gaol delivery for the West Biding of York, held at Leeds in December, 1866, Henry Gabites was indicted for the murder of Arthur Allen.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1867 

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Dove was executed at York Castle. It may be worth recording that the late Mr. Noble, who was then the governor, said to the writer, “If ever a lunatic was hanged, Dove was one.” Google Scholar

It was mentioned by the writer, amongst other proofs of a bad memory and low capacity in Gahites, that though he had heen for many years a scholar in a Sunday-school, he could not repeat the names of the first live hooks of the Uihlf. That there should be nv.iny adults who have paid so little attention to the Bible as to he unable to do this is no marvel; but that an educated gentleman should think it a capital joke to announce his ignorance in this respect is rather singular. Google Scholar

The following letter was received by me a few days after the trial: Google Scholar

“TEMPLE; 21st December, 1866. Google Scholar

“SIE,—I have had the pleasure to-day, for the first time, of discovering that I am mad, and can commit murder with impunity, inasmuch as I am ignorant of the order both of the first five books of the Bible and the Ten Commandments. Two educated gentlemen now with me are also in the same terrible condition; and when the time shall arrive for fulfilling our destiny, and we make you the victim, we trust you will have left for our justification the necessary certificates of our insanity. Google Scholar

“I am, Sir, Google Scholar

“Yours obediently, Google Scholar

“‘CAKTAB.’ Google Scholar

“Dr. KITCHING, Google Scholar

“The Retreat, York.” Google Scholar

It is to be hoped the ignorance so gaily professed by these gentlemen does not extend to the contents as well as the order of the Pentateuch and Decalogue. Google Scholar

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