Henry Fielding, the famous novelist who was also
/ v. C8 n) M* C8 \7 ^; {, y 26) a London magistrate, once made a night raid to two known hideouts in this city-within-a-city; he found seven men, women, and children packed away in a few tiny
1 a1 Q# n5 c% |1 K 27) stinking rooms. All of these people, included little children of five and six who were trained as pick-pockets, were wanted for crime. Conditions like these bred more criminals. One of the4 j e# `; X1 |/ E
28) typical cases was that Jack Shepard, whose execution in 1724 was watched by two hundred thousand people. Shepard, the son of honest working people, was an$ P# n$ A" _5 ]/ f2 h$ v/ k+ a
29) apprentice in a respectful trade. He ran away from it because he fancied that he had been ill-treated, and soon
j) Y3 H6 L, @( Q; y 30) found it was easy to make more money by thieving
2 x% E* y# R: m9 r" p) }+ C 31) as his father had done by a lifetime of honest work.
/ |! S! b; S, l. R 32) In Shepard’s day highwaymen committed robberies at broad daylight, in sight of a crowd, and rode solemnly and j* W( @0 a( x$ H6 ~" y
33) triumphantly through the town with danger of molestation. If they were chased, twenty or thirty armed men were ready, x j! S1 T+ E9 |, a( O3 p# \
34) to come to their assistance. Murder was a everyday affair,% O, W3 Q6 ?) { ~! X- q
35) and there were many people who made heroes from the murderers.
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