John Austin (highwayman) of London by cart to the gallows. The 2½ mile journey along Tyburn Road would have taken up to three hours. Standing shackled in the cart, he would have been accompanied by two guards and a chaplain. They would traditionally stop on the way at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate and two public houses where drinks would be served. On arrival at Tyburn, Austin's cart would have been positioned under a beam and a noose attached around his head. He would then be permitted to address the crowd, his last words were: However, for Austin the noose slipped up the back of his
The Happy Highwayman December 1962 respectively. "The Well-Meaning Mayor" and "The Benevolent Burglary" aired during the second season on 5 and 26 December 1963 respectively. "The Smart Detective" was adapted during "The Saint's" abbreviated fourth season on 22 July 1965. "The Man Who Liked Ants" was adapted as "The House on Dragon's Rock", which aired on 24 November 1968 as an episode of the sixth season. The Happy Highwayman The Happy Highwayman is a collection of short stories by Leslie Charteris, first published in 1939 by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom and The Crime Club in the United States. This was