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the Notorious Highwayman.
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Coun. When did you ſee the Mare?

Good. In Auguſt.

Coun. Have you ſeen the Mare again?

Good. Yes.

Coun. Was it the ſame you ſaw before?

Good. Yes.

Coun. Are you perfectly ſure?

Good. Yes, I am perfectly ſure.

Court to the Priſoner. Would you aſk this Witneſs any Queſtions?

Priſ None.


The Court orde'rd Richard Graſsby to be call'd in again.

Court to Graſby. When did you ſee this Mare?

Graſ. In Auguſt.


Then Mr. James Smith and Mr. Edward Saward, who came from Eſſex by Order of the Juſtices of that County, were called to prove this Palmer to be Richard Turpin, the noted Highwayman.


Court to Mr James Smith. Do you knew the Prisoner Palmer at the Bar? Look at him, and tell what you know about him.

Smith. Yes, I knew him at Hempſtead in Eſſex, where he was born; I knew him ever ſince he was a Child.

Coun. What is his Name?

Smith. Richard Turpin; I knew his Father, and all his Relations, and he married one of my Father's Maids.

Coun.