They would get hung and would be forced to die.
Richard Burgess. He was a spy highwayman gathering information for parliament. in 1589, all famous highwaymen were caught and there were too much authority for highwaymen to carry on as their leaders were hung. hope this helped :)
Highwaymen in the past were typically punished by hanging, often in a public setting as a form of deterrence to others. The severity of the punishment was meant to discourage others from committing similar crimes.
There are a group of Florida artists called highwaymen- some are still alive
there was aproxamatly 165
Regardless of how they are often romanticized in novels, highwaymen were in fact, criminals - they waylaid travelers on the roads and robbed them, oft-times violently. It is safe to assume that many were killed by their would-be victims. If they were caught, highwaymen were most likely hung in a public gallows as a deterent to anyone contemplating this choice of career. Some may have been deported or imprisoned indefinitely but probably died anyway from starvation and disease. I venture to guess that few lived to a "ripe old age" in retirement bliss to die peacefully in their sleep.
Apparently, you don't know what highwaymen were. Highwaymen were robbers, thieves, criminals, whatever you want to call them, in the 1600's to 1800's. They didn't work in one place, they robbed many different places.
highwaymen drunk ale
Because he was a man who rode along a highway. And they (there are many highwaymen) also nicked and robbed of people.
Highwaymen had pistols on their waste
In the past, highwaymen like Richard Turpin were hung. Nowadays it will depend on what crimes you have committed and where. For theft you will likely be imprisoned. If you commit murder, then you may find yourself on death row
Highwaymen that were the worst and most dangerous and came from Sussex.