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John Palmer is committed to York Castle on suspicion of stealing
sheep and horses. It is revealed that John Palmer confessed to
his subsequent identification of Richard (Dick) Turpin, the infamous
highwayman.
Turpin was born at Hempstead in Essex. Having
made a career of stealing livestock and robbing farmhouses he
left Essex in 1737 to avoid arrest and settled in Yorkshire under
the name John Palmer, a horse dealer. Turpin was actually stealing
the horses on frequent excursions into Lincolnshire, and supplementing
his income by highway robbery.
Please note:
- The document is written in a cursive mixed
hand.
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