[338] Among those who suffered was James Whitney, the most celebrated captain of banditti in the kingdom.

He had been, during some months, the terror of all who travelled from London either northward or westward, and was at length with difficulty secured after a desperate conflict in which one soldier was killed and several wounded.

[339] The London Gazette announced that the famous highwayman had been taken, and invited all persons who had been robbed by him to repair to Newgate and to see whether they could identify him.

To identify him should have been easy; for he had a wound in the face, and had lost a thumb.

[340] He, however, in the hope of perplexing the witnesses for the Crown, expended a hundred pounds in procuring a sumptuous embroidered suit against the day of trial.