The trial of the notorious highwayman Richard Turpin : 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 Beverley, Clerk of the Peace for the East-Riding of the said County. With a Copy of a Letter which Turpin received form 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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turpin, Richard, 1706-1739.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turpin, Richard, 1706-1739--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.

Turpin, Richard.

Turpin, Richard, 1706-1739.

Trials (Robbery)--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Trials (Robbery).

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

vii pages, 1 unnumbered page,3-25 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 8⁰

Edition:

The second edition.

Place of Publication:

York : printed by Ward and Chandler Booksellers, at their Printing-Office in Coney-Street; and sold at their shop without Temple-Bar, London, [1739]

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Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T174256.

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