Jonathan Wild by John Van der Kiste


Authors
John Van der Kiste
ISBN
9781848682191
Published
Released
01 / 11 / 2010
Binding
Paperback
Pages
128
Dimensions
165 x 234 x 8mm

Jonathan Wild (born c.1683), probably Britain's most well- known criminal of the 18th century, was known as the director of a 'corporation of thieves'. He learned his 'trade' while serving a sentence in a debtor's prison, and established a curious reputation as 'Thief Taker General of Great Britain and Ireland'. He directed a large band of thieves and felons who dealt in stolen goods, kept the stolen goods himself and waited until the crime and theft was announced in the papers, at which point he would claim that his agents had found them, and would return them to their rightful owners, demanding a fee. Any criminals who would not comply with his organisation were betrayed by Wild to the police. He informed on about 120 men during his career, and all went to the gallows. He himself was arrested on a minor felony charge, found guilty and hanged at Tyburn in May 1725.
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