... the whole of the day, in readiness to receive and instantly convey on shore, bags of sugar, coffee, and other articles, pillaged by the Lumpers. By such connections as these, Mates, Boatswains, Carpenters, Seamen, and Ship-boys, have been seduced,... A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the ... - Page 227by Patrick Colquhoun - 1800 - 655 pagesFull view - About this book
| Crime - 1804 - 474 pages
...pocketed one moiety of the price obtained. It was by such assistance that mates, boat>wains, carpenters, seamen, and ship boys, have been seduced, and even...plunderers and thieves, who would otherwise have remained hunest ami faithful to the tru^t reposed in them. Many of the watermen of this class were accustomed... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1814 - 924 pages
...by the Lumpers. By such connections as these, Mates, Boatswains, Carpenters, Seamen, and Ship-boys, have been seduced, and even taught to become plunderers...of this class were accustomed to live in a style of expense by no means consistent with the fair earnings of industry ; and an instance has been mentioned... | |
| Architecture - 1814 - 1004 pages
...by the Lumpers. By such connections as these. Mates, Boatswains, Carpenters, Seamen, and Ship-boys, have been seduced, and even taught to become plunderers...faithful to the trust reposed in them. Many of the watcrmeu of this class were accustomed to live in a style of expense by no means consistent with the... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley, James Norris Brewer, Joseph Nightingale - London (England) - 1814 - 936 pages
...connections as these, Mates, Boatswains, Carpenters, Seamen, and Ship-boys, have been seduced, aud even taught to become plunderers and thieves, who would otherwise have remained honest anil faithful to the trust reposed in them. Many of the watermen of this class were accustomed to live... | |
| Edward Walford - History - 1884 - 628 pages
...pillaged by the lumpers. By such connections as these, mates, boatswains, carpenters, seamen, and shipboys have been seduced, and even taught to become plunderers...and faithful to the trust reposed in them. Many of these watermen lived in ease and affluence. " Game Lightermen were those who used to be in the habit... | |
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