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  PRO CRIM 10/30; testimony of Thomas Lloyd. This is an extract from the proceedings of the Central Criminal Court in London, in 1848-9, about theft from a dockside warehouse.
 
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(i) Is this crime the same as crimes committed for hundreds of years?
(ii) Is this crime just a new opportunity for an old crime?
(iii) Is this an entirely new crime?
In Source 3, notice what Henry Mason said, when caught.
 
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  PRO CRIM 10/30; testimony of Thomas Lloyd