Dick Turpin

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What Wikipedia says

Richard Turpin (bapt. 21 September 1705 – 7 April 1739) was an English highwayman whose exploits were romanticised following his execution in York for horse theft.

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Image: George Cruikshank; the book was written by William Harrison Ainsworth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.