▁Sir ▁Henry ▁Ir ving ), ▁author ▁of ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Rem ark able ▁C rim inals ▁remarks , ▁“ S uch ▁call ous ness ▁is ▁almost ▁un sur pass ed ▁in ▁the ▁ann als ▁of ▁criminal ▁ins ens ibility . ▁N ero ▁f idd ling ▁over ▁burning ▁Rome , ▁Th urt ell ▁fresh ▁from ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁We are , ▁inv iting ▁H unt , ▁the ▁singer ▁and ▁his ▁accomp lice , ▁to ▁‘ tip ▁them ▁a ▁st ave ’ ▁after ▁supp er ▁. ▁. ▁. ” ▁ ▁Nor ▁were ▁the ▁proceed ings ▁of ▁the ▁trial ▁lack ing ▁in ▁am usement , ▁supplied ▁gener ously ▁by ▁H unt ’ s ▁testim ony ▁in ▁court . ▁H unt ▁was ▁question ed ▁about ▁the ▁supp er ▁indul ged ▁in ▁immediately ▁after ▁the ▁murder : ▁“ W as ▁the ▁supp er ▁post pon ed ?” — “ No , ▁it ▁was ▁p ork .” ▁Another ▁piece ▁of ▁testim ony ▁had ▁literary ▁value . ▁ ▁When ▁someone ▁was ▁asked ▁about ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁Th urt ell , ▁the ▁answer ▁was ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁gentleman ▁because ▁he ▁kept ▁a ▁" g ig " ▁( a ▁two ▁wheel ▁carriage ). ▁ ▁Thomas ▁Car ly le ▁seized ▁upon ▁this ▁as ▁a ▁definition ▁of ▁a ▁false ▁gent ility , ▁writing ▁about ▁" g ig man ity ". ▁ ▁P un ishment ▁John ▁Th urt ell ▁was ▁h anged ▁on ▁ 9 ▁January ▁ 1 8 2 4 , ▁aged ▁ 2 9 , ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Ch esh ire ▁assist ing