it, needleſs to prepare Witneſſes for my Defence here.
Court. Whoever told you ſo were highly to blame; and as our Country have found you guilty of a Crime worthy of Death, it is Office to pronounce Sentence againſt you.
THE Morning before Turpin's Execution he gave 3 l 10s. amongſt five Men, Who were to follow the Cart as Mourners, with Hatbands and Gloves, and gave Gloves and Hatbands to ſeveral Perſons more. He alſo left a Gold Ring, and two Pair of Shoes and Clogs to a married Woman at Brough, that he was, acquainted with; though he at the ſame Time acknowledg’d he had a Wife and Child of his own.
He was carried in a Cart to the Place of Execution, on Saturday, April 7th, 1739, with John Stead, condemn’d alſo for Horſe—Stealing; he behav'd himſelf with amazing Aſſurance, and bow’d to the Spectators as he paſs'd: It was remarkable that as be mounted the Ladder, his Right Leg trembled, on which he ſtamp’d it down with an Air, and with undaunted Courage look'd round about him; and after ſpeaking near Half an Hour to the Topſman, threw himſelf off the Ladder, and expired in about five Minutes.
His Corpſe was brought back from the Gallows about Three in the Afternoon, and lodged at the Blue Boar in Caſtlegate, 'till Ten the next Morning, when it was buried in a neat Coffin in St. George's Church-Yard, without Fiſhergate Poſtern, with this Inſcription, J. P. 1739;
