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Dick Turpin at York Castle Prison

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Uploaded by on Jul 15, 2009

Born in Essex, Dick Turpin trained as a butcher but found a more profitable career in crime. After a murder, he fled to York under an alias but he was soon back to his old ways. A drunken escapade saw him arrested and his history of theft discovered. On 22 March 1739, 'John Palmer alias Richard Turpin' was dragged, without a lawyer, before a jury and charged with horse theft...

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