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<p> A notorious criminal, whose audacious robberies and daring escapes from [[Newgate]] [[Prison]] made him for a time the terror and talk of London; drew some 200,000 people to witness his execution at Tyburn; figures as the hero of a well-known novel by Harrison Ainsworth (1702-1724). </p> | <p> A notorious criminal, whose audacious robberies and daring escapes from [[Newgate]] [[Prison]] made him for a time the terror and talk of London; drew some 200,000 people to witness his execution at Tyburn; figures as the hero of a well-known novel by Harrison Ainsworth (1702-1724). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:00, 15 October 2021
Jack Sheppard [1]
A notorious criminal, whose audacious robberies and daring escapes from Newgate Prison made him for a time the terror and talk of London; drew some 200,000 people to witness his execution at Tyburn; figures as the hero of a well-known novel by Harrison Ainsworth (1702-1724).
