Excerpt from Life and Actions of James Dalton, the Noted Street Robber: Containing All the Robberies and Other Villanies Committed by Him, Both Alone and in Company, From His Infancy Down to His Assault on Dr. Mead, With a Particular Account of His Running Away With the Ship When He Was First Transported, and Likewise of The While I was at Mr. Bingley's, I broke Open the Maid's Box, and took out fome Money 3 and it being dark I could not difcern whe ther it was Gold, Silver, or Half-pence; but this F aet was foon found out, for i went immediately up to School, and fent one of my school-fellows down to my Miitref's (who kept a Chandler's Shop) for a Rowl and Butter, and not minding the' lmoney, gave him a Guinea and a Shilling inftead of two Half-pence. When I came to the Age of Eleven I got acquainted with feveral Butchers Apprenti ces, who carried me into the Company of Profiitutes 5 and-one Day in particular I and two more of my Companions made an A6 greement with three Whores to go to an Inn 111 the Evening and lie all Night, to which they confented, and fome body at the Inn knowing us, went and acquainted my Pa rents and my Companions Matters of our being imbed with three Women, who came immediately and charged a Confizab'le with us, in order to fend us all to new-i'rifim, but I had the good Fortune to make my Ef cape' in our journey thither. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.