Reported in the Stamford Mercury: Nov 1821,
Summary Justice.
One day last week a highwayman stopped a farmer on the Lincoln Rd, near Dogsthorpe, between Peterborough and Peakirk, and threatened to murder him with a bludgeon if he did not deliver his money; but before a robbery could be effected, a stout man on horseback made his appearance on the road, and he and the farmer together gave the highwayman such a thorough thumping, as they thought might mend his manners, without having recourse to the law. The farmer belaboured the ruffian with his own bludgeon, while the person on horseback literally cut the fellow's clothes from his back with a whip which he had, well suited for the purpose. They then let the humbled and galled devil depart.