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When well-groomed, he used to be arrested in mistake for some bank defaulter; when ragged, he was sure to be copped for shoplifting, pocket-picking, lack of lawful visible, or for having in his possession property reasonably supposed to have been stolen. Therefore, honest as he was, he had been, like Paul, in prisons frequent.
I had taught Jess one trade, and, like a prudent girl, she had found out another for herself; unluckily, they were both contraband, and Jess Cantrips, daughter of the Lady Kittlebasket, had the honour to be transported to the plantations, for street-walking and pocket-picking, about six months before I touched shore.
Birth and education Enters the Royal Navy Employed to take soundings in the Saint Lawrence Diligence in study Marriage Expedition to observe the transit of Venus Cook appointed to the command Equipment of the Endeavour Scientific men sail with him Leave Plymouth The nuns of Santa Clara Jealousy of the Governor of Rio de Janeiro Natives come on board Their behaviour Landing and exploring the country Overtaken by a snow-storm Sufferings from cold Return to the ship Voyage continued Round Cape Horn Run 700 leagues Coral reefs Naming islands Anchor in Matavia Bay Conduct of the natives Captain Cook lands Aspect of the country Reception by the chiefs Pocket-picking by the inhabitants A thief shot Annoyance of Captain Cook Excursions up the country Erect a fort Punishment of one of the ship's company The pity of the natives excited Theft Recovery of the property The transit of Venus The Queen Oberea A native priest wishes to accompany the English Dress, habits, and manufactures of the natives The expedition sails Islands visited A famous warrior Dancers The Society Islands Off Oheteroa Opposition of the people Anniversary of sailing A comet Discovery of New Zealand Disturbance with the natives Prisoners taken Attempt to carry off a boy Mercury Bay Furious Gale Survey of New Zealand completed Australia sighted Anchor, and go on shore Conduct of the people Botany Bay Strikes a reef Repairing the vessel Australia Sail for England Sickness at Batavia Arrival.
I know not whether, in thus accounting for my omissions, I shall be thought pleading for my defects, or proclaiming my deserts. In the German author it was a manifest act of pocket-picking to stuff his novel with such insufferable rubbish. And it seemed to me that, by translating it, I should make myself a party to his knavery as well as to his dulness.
Before them both grand and petty juries were empanelled, indictments drawn up, prisoners tried for assault, burglary, horse-stealing, witchcraft, pocket-picking, keeping up nuisances, cheating, failure to attend church, and almost all other offences of which seventeenth- century Englishmen were capable. If convicted they were placed in the stocks, whipped, or hanged.
It is said, that in the year 1819, the number of boys, in London alone, who procured a considerable part of their subsistence by pocket-picking and thieving in every possible form, was estimated at from eleven to fifteen hundred.
An exception must be recognised in the partial success of a motion for the reform of the criminal law, which was proposed by Sir Samuel Romilly, famous for his efforts in the cause of humanity, and which resulted in the abolition of capital punishment for the offence of pocket-picking.
Again the fire department, this time in snorting and horrible form, descends upon him. And all these manifestations of freedom are attended by the blue-coated police who interdict the few relaxations unprovided for by the other powers. These human monsters confiscate stilettos and razors; discourage pocket-picking, brick-throwing, the gathering of crowds and the general enjoyment of life.
His enterprise was not seldom rewarded with success, and for a decade of years he continued to preserve an appearance of gentility; but it is plain, even from his own narrative, that he was scarce an artist, and we shall best understand him if we recognise that he was a Philistine among thieves. He lived in an age of pocket-picking, and skill in this branch is the true test of his time.
There is no such liability to repeat in homicide as there is in forgery, pocket-picking or swindling. The seriousness of a homicide is likely to make it impossible that the same man shall ever kill again. Many such men would be perfectly safe on probation or parole.
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