Henry Fielding, the famous novelist who was also
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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 the
, h6 B+ l) m& ? 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( t# r( k0 n/ _# n: p
29) apprentice in a respectful trade. He ran away from it because he fancied that he had been ill-treated, and soon
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31) as his father had done by a lifetime of honest work.; x- I. F! M6 ^- k) M
32) In Shepard’s day highwaymen committed robberies at broad daylight, in sight of a crowd, and rode solemnly and
0 j n$ @, W# z# u 33) triumphantly through the town with danger of molestation. If they were chased, twenty or thirty armed men were ready( @+ A: @/ T) U5 w) F) A& }- T
34) to come to their assistance. Murder was a everyday affair,2 ^& |/ Q* a. A5 E9 o; j1 V
35) and there were many people who made heroes from the murderers.8 n3 K' |; @9 O* R6 p. U
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