The Stamford fly was attempted to be robbed near Stukely, in Huntingdonshire, by a single highwayman; but the guard fired a blunderbuss, and lodged two slugs in his forehead. Before his death he confessed that he was the person who robbed the Peterborough stage about a fortnight ago.
His corpse was carried to Huntingdon, when it appeared that he was an horse-keeper belonging to an inn at that place. He had no fire arms about him, but made use of a candlestick, instead of a pistol.
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