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
Highwayman as Highwaymen. There is an enemy type in "" called the "bandit highwayman" that acts as one of the higher-level bandit enemies. In "World of Warcraft" one can encounter the Defias Highwaymen, the strongest members of the Defias Brotherhood. In "Darkest Dungeon" the Highwayman is a class of hero who wields a dirk and flintlock to fight. In "Runescape", highwaymen attack lower-leveled players on a route between two cities. Highwayman A highwayman was a robber who stole from travellers. This type of thief usually traveled and robbed by horse as compared to a footpad who travelled and robbed on foot;