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
Right Where I Need to Be Right Where I Need to Be "Right Where I Need to Be" is a song written by Casey Beathard and Kendell Marvel and recorded by American country music artist Gary Allan. It was released in September 2000 as the third and last single from Allan's 1999 album "Smoke Rings in the Dark". The song reached number 5 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Tracks and Singles chart in June 2001, thus becoming his first Top 5 hit and his third Top 10. In this song, the narrator is a promotion-bound executive who is climbing the corporate ladder at the expense