Report of the hanging of highwayman Dick Turpin at York in the Gents Mag 1739
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[Report of the hanging of highwayman Dick Turpin at York]
A report of the execution by hanging of highwayman Dick Turpin. He is said to have faced his death "in an undaunted manner" and having "an unconcerned air"; he confessed to having committed a great many robberies, that he shot the man that came to apprehend him in Epping Forest, and his own companion "undesignedly, for which latter he was very sorry". Wanted for this murder, Turpin had fled to Yorkshire under the alias John Palmer. Arrested for shooting a gamecock and making threats, he was jailed at York Castle. A letter he wrote to his brother-in-law led to his identification. Tried in 1739 not for robbery or murder, but for horse theft, Turpin was convicted and hanged at Knavesmire, York, on 7 April.
Size 20 x 13 cm | 8.0 x 5.0 inches
Date Published: April 1739
Type: Two antique copperplate pages, on two sheets
Author: Anonymous
Publication: Gentleman's Magazine
Condition: Good |
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