Jonathan Wild

Jonathan Wild (born c.1683), probably Britain''s most well-known criminal of the 18th century, was known as the director of a ''corporation of thieves''. He learned his ''trade'' while serving a sentence in a debtor''s prison, and established a curious reputation as ''Thief Taker General of Great Britain and Ireland''. He directed a large band of thieves and felons who dealt in stolen goods, kept ...