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Index
Cover
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
INTRODUCTION
A NOTE ON THE TEXTS
FURTHER READING
Con Men and Cutpurses
1 The Hogarthian Under World
Ned Ward
Bernard de Mandeville
Cesar de Saussure
Henry Fielding
Prefaced to Malefactor’s Register and Knapp and Baldwin’s Newgate Calendar
2 Murderers
Dr Theodore Fabricius
Sarah Malcolm
William Duell
Earl Ferrers
Elizabeth Brownrigg
Hannah Webley
3 Prostitutes
Sarah Pridden
Prisoners at Bridewell
Corinna
An anonymous male prostitute
Harriette Wilson
4 Thieves
Jack Sheppard
Mary Young (Jenny Diver)
Ann Flynn
William Cox
George Barrington
Sarah Stanley
5 Pirates
William Kidd
Edward Teach (Blackbeard)
Anne Bonny and Mary Read
John Lancey
Edward Trelawny
6 Sex Offenders
Charles Hitchin
William Robins
George Duffus
Arthur Gray
Margaret Clap
Francis Charteris
John Decon and Thomas Blair
7 Highwaymen
James Hind
Claude Du Vall
Benjamin Child
Richard Turpin
James Macleane
John Rann
8 Confidence Tricksters
Mary Carleton
Mary Toft
Dr William Dodd
John Dyer
John Hatfield
9 A Miscellany
The Hawkins Gang
Jonathan Wild
John Holmes and Peter Williams
Renwick Williams
10 Cant Glossary
APPENDIX: The Black Act
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Footnote
Chapter 1
Page 3
Chapter 2
page 5
page 6
page 8
page 9
page 10
Chapter 3
page 15
page 16
Chapter 4
page 23
page 24
page 26
Chapter 5
page 32
page 34
Chapter 6
page 41
page 42
Chapter 7
page 47
page 47
Chapter 8
page 49
Chapter 9
page 52
page 53
Chapter 10
page 54
Chapter 11
page 56
Chapter 12
page 61
page 63
page 65
page 66
Chapter 13
page 67
Chapter 14
page 70
Chapter 16
page 73
page 74
page 75
page 77
page 78
page 79
page 80
page 81
Chapter 17
page 86
page 87
page 88
page 90
page 91
page 93
page 95
page 96
page 99
page 100
Chapter 18
page 107
page 108
page 110
Chapter 21
page 118
Chapter 23
page 129
Chapter 24
page 134
page 135
page 138
Chapter 25
page 143
page 144
Chapter 26
page 151
Chapter 27
page 153
page 154
page 155
Chapter 28
page 161
page 162
page 163
Chapter 29
page 168
Chapter 30
page 170
Chapter 31
page 172
page 174
page 175
Chapter 32
page 176
Chapter 33
page 178
page 179
page 180
Chapter 35
page 188
page 189
page 190
page 191
page 193
Chapter 36
page 194
page 199
Chapter 37
page 203
Chapter 38
page 207
Chapter 40
page 213
page 217
Chapter 42
page 230
Chapter 44
page 237
Chapter 45
page 246
Chapter 46
page 251
page 253
page 255
Chapter 47
page 263
page 273
Chapter 48
page 275
Chapter 50
page 295
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