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Pick-pocketing in the 18th century
Pickpocketing

"A Caveat for Cut-purses", EBBA 30274 British Library - Roxburghe 2.46-47, http://ebba.english.ucsb.edu/ballad/30274/image

18th century: pickpocketing

-more female than male crime

- common crime (but not thar many cases brought to court)

- verdict often favourable to women

- places of pickpocketing

-> 1) who picked pockets?

2) what and where did they usually steal?

3) prosecuting pickpockets (how it is considered by law+ people mustn't be aware they're being robbed, punishment, verdict often reached (partial verdict) +how prosecutors are judged ?)