 | Crime - 1804 - 464 pages
...with great numbers of highwaymen, pick-pockets, house-breakers, shop-lifters, and other thieves. z. " That he had formed a kind of corporation of thieves, of which he was the head or director, and [hat notwitbstanding his pretended services, in detecting and prosecuting offenders, he procured such... | |
 | Eccentrics and eccentricities - 1819 - 280 pages
...court, and to it was affixed the following articles of information. I. " That for many years past he bad been a confederate with great numbers of highwaymen,...in detecting and prosecuting offenders, he procured sin'Ii only to be hanged as concealed their booty, or refused to share it with him. III. "That he had... | |
 | Andrew Knapp, William Baldwin (Attorney at law) - Crime - 1824 - 528 pages
...detainer w as produced against him in Court, and to it was affixed the following articles of information : I. That for many years past he had been a confederate...to be hanged as concealed their booty, or refused (o share it with him. III. That he had divided the town and country into so many districts, and appointed... | |
 | John L. Rayner, G. T. Crook - Crime - 1926 - 374 pages
...confederate with a great number of highwaymen, pickpockets, house-breakers, shoplifters and other thieves. 2. That he had formed a kind of corporation of thieves,...concealed their booty, or refused to share it with him. 3. That he had divided the town and country into so many districts, and appointed distinct gangs for... | |
 | John L. Rayner, G. T. Crook - Crime - 1926 - 374 pages
...confederate with a great number of highwaymen, pickpockets, housebreakers, shoplifters and other thieves. 2. That he had formed a kind of corporation of thieves,...concealed their booty, or refused to share it with him. 3. That he had divided the town and country into so many districts, and appointed distinct gangs for... | |
 | William McAdoo - Crime - 1927 - 346 pages
...with great numbers of highwaymen, pickpockets, house-breakers, shop-lifters, and other thieves. 2. "That he had formed a kind of corporation of thieves,...concealed their booty, or refused to share it with him. 3. "That he had divided the town and country into so many districts, and appointed distinct gangs for... | |
 | William McAdoo - Crime - 1927 - 336 pages
...with great numbers of highwaymen, pickpockets, house-breakers, shop-lifters, and other thieves. 2. "That he had formed a kind of corporation of thieves,...concealed their booty, or refused to share it with him. 3. "That he had divided the town and country into so many districts, and appointed distinct gangs for... | |
 | George Borrow - Crime - 1928 - 550 pages
...with a great number of highwaymen, pick-pockets, housebreakers, shop-lifters, and other thieves. 2. That he had formed a kind of corporation of thieves...concealed their booty, or refused to share it with him. 3. That he had divided the town and country into so many districts, and appointed distinct gangs for... | |
 | Gerald Howson - History - 1985 - 390 pages
...of Highwaymen, Pickpockets, Housebreakers, Shop-lifters, and other Thieves. II. That he had form'da Kind of Corporation of Thieves, of which he was the...prosecuting Offenders, he procured such only to be hang'd as concealed their Booty, or refused to share it with him. El. That he divided the Town and... | |
 | Larry Elliott, Dan Atkinson - Big business - 1998 - 332 pages
...nations. CHAPTER THREE SYSTEM FAILURE: THE FREE MARKET UNDER BATTLE CONDITIONS That he had form'da Kind of Corporation of Thieves, of which he was the Head or Director from the warrant of detainer issued against Jonathan Wilde, 1725 (Gerald Howson, /[ Takes a thief,... | |
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That he had formed a kind of corporation of thieves, of which he was the head or director, and that notwithstanding his pretended services, in detecting and prosecuting offenders, he procured such only to be hanged as concealed their booty, or refused... 