The whole life and trial at large of the notorious highwayman Richard Turpin, |b at York Assizes, on the 22d day of March, 1739, before the Hon. Sir William Chapple, Knt. Judge of Assize, and one of His Majesty's Justices of the Court of King's Bench. Taken down in Court by Mr. Thomas Kyll, Professor of Short-Hand. To which is prefix'd, an exact account of the said Turpin, from his first coming into Yorkshire, to the Time of his being committed Prisoner to York Castle; communicated by Mr. Appleton of Beverly, Clerk of the Peace for the East-Riding of the said County. With a Copy of a Letter which Turpin received from his Father, while under Sentence of Death. To which is added, his behaviour at the place of execution, on Saturday the 7th of April, 1739. Together with the whole Confession he made to the Hangman at the Gallows; wherein he acknowledg'd himself guilty of the Facts for which he suffer'd,own'd the Murder of Mr. Thompson's Servant on Epping-Forest, and gave a particular Account of several Robberies which he had committed

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The whole life and trial at large of the notorious highwayman Richard Turpin, |b at York Assizes, on the 22d day of March, 1739, before the Hon. Sir William Chapple, Knt. Judge of Assize, and one of His Majesty's Justices of the Court of King's Bench. Taken down in Court by Mr. Thomas Kyll, Professor of Short-Hand. To which is prefix'd, an exact account of the said Turpin, from his first coming into Yorkshire, to the Time of his being committed Prisoner to York Castle; communicated by Mr. Appleton of Beverly, Clerk of the Peace for the East-Riding of the said County. With a Copy of a Letter which Turpin received from his Father, while under Sentence of Death. To which is added, his behaviour at the place of execution, on Saturday the 7th of April, 1739. Together with the whole Confession he made to the Hangman at the Gallows; wherein he acknowledg'd himself guilty of the Facts for which he suffer'd,own'd the Murder of Mr. Thompson's Servant on Epping-Forest, and gave a particular Account of several Robberies which he had committed

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English Short Title Catalog, N25759

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York

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[4], 18, iii-vii, [1];3-25, [1] pages
Number of pages
25

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OL61245822M
OCLC/WorldCat
81305277

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OL44872823W

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