In fact one man, Jonathan Wild, controlled a sizable portion of property crime in and around London in the early 1700’s by not only offering catch the thieves who broke into your house, but by also setting up the robberies to begin with.
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His testimony led to hundreds of people taking a long drop from a short rope. Often for no other reason than not playing ball.
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I mean, his fate is what I mean - you could literally get hanged for stealing lace. Lots of people got away with it, but if you were unlucky enough to get caught...
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or framed
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