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CG-NH.766.005
24 Jan 1766:21 (500)
London, Nov. 9. . . [9 lines] 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 to the world, to furnish
either of the miserable wretches with the smallest
sustenance in so affecting a situation.
A gentleman of the highest theatrical eminence having
made great interest to obtain his majesty's pardon (which
has been most graciously granted) for Turbot, under sentence
of death for 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 as my friend Joe
Miller has observed on like occasion, has been the case of
many an honest fellow."
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