Thief-Taker Hangings
Crime and the press
Journalism, great britain
18th century
Scandals
Modern
True Crime
Criminals
Great Britain
Social conditions
General
History
"In the early 1700s, lawlessness ruled England, and highwaymen, thieves, and prostitutes thrived. When notorious burglar Jack Sheppard finally met the hangman, street singers warbled ballads about the housebreaker whom no prison could hold. Before his execution, he told his story to a writer in the …
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