He was a great thief, though in a small way.

He used to say that they were fools who did not always manage to keep the rope below their shoulders, by which he meant, that it was not advisable to commit a robbery, or do anything which could bring you to the gallows.

He was all for petty larceny, and knew where to put his hand upon any little thing in England, which it was possible to steal.

I submit it to the better judgment of the Romany Rye, who I see is a great hand for words and names, whether he ought not to have been called old Filcher, instead of Fulcher.

I shan't give a regular account of the larcenies which he committed during the short time I knew him, either alone by himself, or with me and his son.