Strangled by a sheep

This day, a man, who had the appearance of a labourer, was found strangled in a field near Camberwell, Surrey. It appeared that he had stolen a sheep, the hind legs of which he had tied together, and put them over his forehead in order to carry it away; but it is thought, that in getting over the gate the sheep struggled, and by a sudden spring flipped his feet down to his throat, for in that posture they were found, the animal hanging on one side of the gate, and the dead man on the other.