They burgled the house of William Kneebone (Sheppard's former apprentice master) on Sunday 12 July, but this burglary was to prove their undoing: they approached one of Wild's fences, William Field, to sell the stolen goods.
They burgled the house of William Kneebone (Sheppard's former apprentice master) on Sunday 12 July. This burglary was to prove their undoing. They approached one of Wild's fences. This was to sell the stolen goods. William Field was Wild's fences.