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Into the second, denominated the Bilbowes, also a dismal place, refractory prisoners were thrust, and placed in a kind of stocks, whence the name. The Chapel was situated in the south-east angle of the jail; the ordinary at the time of this history being the Reverend Thomas Purney; the deputy chaplain, Mr. Wagstaff.
Wild, he asserted, had robbed him of a large sum of money, and till it was restored he would never plead. "We'll see that," replied Jonathan. "Take him to the bilbowes. Put him in the stocks, and there let him sleep off his drunken fit. Whether he pleads or not, he shall swing with his confederate, Jack Sheppard." At this allusion to his leader, a shudder passed through Blueskin's athletic frame.
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