Henry Fielding, the famous novelist who was also 26)
3 h/ f+ V' F5 i( t* U7 Q% R a London magistrate, once made( Q! V5 P! _: ?2 I! o' U2 o8 [
a night raid to two known hideouts in this city-within-a-city; he found seven men,9 @: c$ Q0 u% L. I- Z: y" l4 l
women, and children packed away in a few tiny 27)
) f" }* ] x& f, N stinking rooms. All of these people,' G% ?3 P6 T" F' P2 R- H7 V- p
included little children of five and six who were trained as pick-pockets, were wanted4 `1 A6 B0 Z9 U) J* ?
for crime. Conditions like these bred more criminals. One of the 28)
1 W8 o" ~% ~ o, ?; Q/ w 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 29)
. ]% M8 k. \! v' P apprentice in a respectful trade. He ran away from it because he fancied that he had been ill-treated, and soon 30)
- m9 {5 i7 ^4 K, ~ found it was easy to make more money by thieving 31)
/ H- z, J( K4 t" `7 N2 h: f1 T as his father had done by a lifetime of honest work. 32)
# Q) u0 P" B) a& g0 Q9 L In Shepard’s day highwaymen committed robberies at broad daylight, in sight of a crowd, and rode solemnly and 33)
' Z, v: B- e4 S9 p! U. d triumphantly through the town with danger of molestation. If they were chased, twenty or thirty armed men were ready34)* Y8 T. [7 Z- D# k% `/ V& D% ~ }
to come to their assistance. Murder was a everyday affair, 35)
' e+ q+ F4 B/ P( [ and there were many people who made heroes from the murderers.8 e+ D# S, B& j. v( \
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1 o6 S( N. v3 S" i, k 29.respectful * respectable5 ?6 b6 v! @4 A: u5 v5 }! m8 ]8 f
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