Murders > Life and adventures of that notorious robber and murderer, Richard Turpin

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the evening. Having got into the yard,
they perceived a light in the stable, where
they found the coachman attending hishorses.
Having bound him, they quitted the stable,
and met Mr. Sheldon in the yard, whom
they compelled to conduct them into the
house, whence they stole 11 guineas, and the
jewels, plate and other valuables, to a large
amount. Having committed this robbery,
they returned Mr. Sheldon a couple of
gumeas, and apologised for their conduct !
This being done, they hastened to the
Black Horse, Broadway, Westminster,
where they concerted the robbery of Mr.
Lawrence, of Edgeware, near Stanmore, in
Middlesex. Their robberies had hitherto
been carried'on entirely on foot, with only
the occasional assistance of a hackney
coach ; but now they aspired to appear on
horseback, for which purpose they hired
horses on the 4th of February follow¬
ing, at the Old Leaping Bar, in High Mei¬
bom, whence they set out a! out two o’clock
in the afternoon, and arrived at the Queen’s
Head, near Stanmore, at four, where they
stayed to regale themselves; by which means
Mr. Wood, the landlord of the house, had
so good an opportunity of observing the
horses as to remember them when he saw
them afterwards in KingStrect, Bloomsbury,
where they were taken. Leaving the Queen’s
Head, they arrived at a public-house in the
village of Stanmore, about five o’clock in the
evening. From hence they went to Mr.
Lawrence’s house which they reached about
seven o’clock, just after he bad discharged