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6 days ago · On 22 March 1739, Turpin was found guilty on two charges of horse theft and sentenced to death. He was hanged at Knavesmire on 7 April 1739. Turpin became the subject of legend after his execution, romanticised as dashing and heroic in English ballads and popular theatre of the 18th and 19th centuries and in film and television of the 20th century.
- Highwayman
Asalto al coche (Attack on a Coach), by Francisco de Goya....
- Dick Turpin's Ride to York
Dick Turpin's Ride to York is a 1922 British historical...
- Highwayman
Apr 25, 2024 · Through the 18th and 19th centuries, horse theft was punishable by state laws with varying sentences of jail time, pillory time, public lashing and the branding of “H.T.” on the forehead. By the 1830s, suspected horse thieves were held at the Washington County Jail, built by 1827 at the corner of Jonathan and Church Streets.
16 hours ago · Gambino family case. In response to the rise of the Gambino family, federal prosecutors targeted the family leadership. On March 31, 1984 a federal grand jury indicted Castellano and 20 other Gambino members and associates with charges of drug trafficking, murder, theft, and prostitution.
- 1900s
- Vincent Mangano
- 1900s–present
- New York City, New York, United States
4 days ago · The gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a gunfight that lasted less than a minute between lawmen led by Virgil Earp and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that occurred at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States.
- October 26, 1881
May 5, 2024 · In Freeman’s Challenge, Robin Bernstein tells the story of an Afro-Native teenager named William Freeman who was convicted of a horse theft he insisted he did not commit and sentenced to five years of hard labor in Auburn’s prison.
Apr 25, 2024 · The novel’s action begins when George’s son’s horse, Deck, is stolen. When George spots two suspected thieves on his property, heading south, he shoots at them with his AK-47. The men return ...
To be honest, this question originally derived from a pen and paper evening of a fantasy game, within a medieval setting. Heroes do their hero things, kill the baddies, secure their horses, to sell said horses later in town.
