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NHG-P.766.006
31 Jan 1766:23,31 (487)
London, Nov. 9. . . [9 lines of unrelated news]
A petition to his majesty is signed by Mr. Garrick, and all
the principal actors of Drury lane house, in favour of the
unfortunate Turbot, now under sentence of death in Newgate,
for stealing a pint mug. This unhappy young man was son to
the comedian of that name, who formerly played at Drury lane
Theatre; and was, it seems, led into this his first fact, by
the pressing necessities of a most unutterable distress, his
wife being just delivered of a child, and he not only out of
all manner of business, but without a sixpence in the world,
to furnish either of the miserable wretches with the
smallest sustenance in so affecting a situation.
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A gentlemen of the highest theatrical eminence having made
great interest to obtain his majesty's pardon (which has
been most graciously granted) for Turbott, under sentence of
death of stealing a silver cup; a person asked one of the
players, remarkable for his drollery, what the delinquent
was condemn'd for; to which the actor replied, Only for
taking a cup too much, which my friend Joe Miller has
observed on a like occasion, has been the case of many an
honest fellow.
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