No sir, only he said he couldn't give us more than three guineas for it. Did he tell you what he intended to do with the goods he acquired? Stetham's lace shop was entirely at the suggestion of Mr. I would now like to call Margaret Murphy to the stand. 'I took my share of three guineas and a crown 'and we came away and found the prisoner waiting where we left him. 'At last the old woman stepped upstairs to fetch another piece and as people of our profession are seldom guilty of losing an opportunity I made use of this Well I've got some stuff upstairs, I could go and get it. 'Murphy and I went to, and turned over a great deal of lace but could see none that would please us, for it was our business to be very nice and difficult.' There's an old blind cow that sells fine Flanders lace just by the Holborn bridge and if you call in there you might well as just speak with a box of lace I'll go with you and show you the door." I told him to my lodgings at the Seven Dials. The prisoner asked me which way I was going. Wild, we drank another two, three quartans of gin. Please describe your first encounter with Mr. I swear by almighty god that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Safe to say, that one would need to examine what hand the prisoner had in the crimes for which he has so readily given these felons up.īecause here stands before you a man who has as much fanned the flames of thievery as he has profited by their putting out. Wild's council is inadmissible for evidence and you must pay it no regard. Gentlemen, this list handed to you by Mr.
And may I say sir, I have passed around a list of all the felons I have brought to you for justice these past years. Do you understand the charges against you? Now lace you see, being so delicate, so painstaking to produce, The second count is that on the 10th of March last, Jonathan Wild did feloniously receive of the said Catherine Stetham, ten guineas, on pretence of helping her see the return of the said stolen lace and that he did not discover or apprehend the persons who committed the said theft. The first for privately stealing in the shop of Catherine Stetham fifty yards of lace, on the 22nd of January last. Perhaps he thinks he'll need a little help to worm his way out of this one. Not many defendants can afford such a thing. So well, has he played the game that at this moment he finds himself in control of much of London's criminal underworld.Īnd look, Jonathan Wild has paid to have a council by his side. Jonathan Wild who calls himself, the Thief Taker General.
#THE VERY ORGANISED THIEF 2 TRIAL#
On trial today is the master of this double life, It's no surprise that it's in the interest of these same thief takers to ensure a steady supply of such thefts and such stolen goodsĪnd you could say that they're playing a merry little dance. There is, as yet, no police force and the authorities have come to rely on thief takers, who, inspired by large rewards, have made it their business to apprehend thieves and see to the return of stolen goods. 'And ruling the criminal underworld, a man who has a finger in every pie.' 'London has more than half a million inhabitants. Now here's a case that paints a picture of what this city has become. You can put your ears to the wall and hear once again these voices from the past. And now you, some while later, can listen in. Since 1674, every trial that's been played out here between these walls at London's Old Bailey court, every single one of them, has been faithfully recorded by a reporter like me.
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