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  • Peter Peterson, a very noted rieve, draw-latch, and murtherer, who has wrought much evil for many years in the parts about Winchester.

    The White Company Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • If the man be a draw-latch and a robber it would be an honorable deed to clear the country of such an evil. "

    Sir Nigel Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1906

  • "It shall never be said, whilst I am bailiff of Southampton, that any waster, riever, draw-latch or murtherer came scathless away from me and my posse.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "It shall never be said, whilst I am bailiff of Southampton, that any waster, riever, draw-latch or murtherer came scathless away from me and my posse.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "For this man is Peter Peterson, a very noted rieve, draw-latch, and murtherer, who has wrought much evil for many years in the parts about Winchester.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "It shall never be said, whilst I am bailiff of Southampton, that any waster, riever, draw-latch or murtherer came scathless away from me and my posse.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • Get thee back to thy fellows ere I lay hands upon you: for your foot is on my land, and I may slay you as a common draw-latch. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "For this man is Peter Peterson, a very noted rieve, draw-latch, and murtherer, who has wrought much evil for many years in the parts about Winchester.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "For this man is Peter Peterson, a very noted rieve, draw-latch, and murtherer, who has wrought much evil for many years in the parts about Winchester.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • Get thee back to thy fellows ere I lay hands upon you: for your foot is on my land, and I may slay you as a common draw-latch. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

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