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The Crime Boss Top Cop and the Rebel Thief: Jonathan Wilde and Jack Sheppard
Manage episode 406425566 series 2410759
This week Johnboy treats the lads to the tale of London’s earliest policing, which was run by a stolen goods thief and fence who secretly organized theft into a scam that saw victims and thieves taxed alike to his benefit, before a rogue thief and routine prison escapee beloved by the public brought his reign to a bitter end!
297 episodes
Manage episode 406425566 series 2410759
This week Johnboy treats the lads to the tale of London’s earliest policing, which was run by a stolen goods thief and fence who secretly organized theft into a scam that saw victims and thieves taxed alike to his benefit, before a rogue thief and routine prison escapee beloved by the public brought his reign to a bitter end!
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