John Austin (highwayman) John Austin (highwayman) John Austin (died 7 November 1783) was an English footpad who became the last person to be hanged at the Tyburn gallows outside London. He was sentenced to death for the murder of a labourer called John Spicer from Kent. The Recorder of London, James Adair, described it as a "robbery with violence" that involved "cutting and wounding [...] in a cruel manner." This hanging would mark the end of Tyburn, a village then in the county of Middlesex, being a place of executions for almost 600 years. Austin was brought from Newgate prison in the City
Patrick Fleming (highwayman) to arrest Fleming and his cohorts. Fleming and 14 of his men were taken to Dublin and hanged on April 24, 1650. His body was hanged in chains inside the city of Dublin. Poems have been written about his exploits named "The Ballad of Patrick Flemming" or "Patrick Flemmen he was a Valiant Soldier". These poems are said to be the foundation for the Irish ballad and much covered song "Whiskey in the Jar." Patrick Fleming (highwayman) Patrick Fleming was an Irish highwayman and the subject of poems and songs in Ireland. He was executed on April 24, 1650. Fleming