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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 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 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 of Epping-Foreſt, and gave a particular Account of ſeveral Robberies which he had committed.
The SECOND EDITION.
YORK:
Printed by Ward and Chandler Bookſellers, at their Printing-Office in Coney-Street; and Sold at the Shop without Temple-Bar, London; 1739. (Price Sixpence.)
