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weecalf | 16:31 Sun 26th Oct 2014 | ChatterBank

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Picked up a book on solving crime and found out where the saying Double cross comes from

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bookbinder

Don't keep us in suspense, then!

-Talbot-

May I offer my Congratulations. Well done, weecalf

weecalf

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Sorry it was Johnny Wild "thief taker" back in the 17 hundreds .If knew someone was a thief they got one x against their name in his ledger , if they did deal with him or displeased him a second x was placed against their name then he impeached them to the authorities for £40 reward money for them to be hung hence double crossed

-Talbot-

So it was the chicken making the return journey across the road then?

weecalf

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aye you could say that .thief taker isn't that a grand title has it been used yet to make a film .

BlackadderV

Remember that Wild was himself eventually hanged.

-Talbot-

Wasn't. ^^^

weecalf

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and o aye Guillotin did not invent the guillitin he only thought it was a good idea .Watch this space for more interesting facts that maybe not a lot know.

-Talbot-

Thanks, mr Caine.

weecalf

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call me alfie

BlackadderV

The guillotine was in use hundreds of years before the French Revolution. It was used in Scotland and Yorkshire, where it was known as the Halifax gibbet. Hence the ancient litany, "...from Hell, Hull and Halifax, Good lord deliver us".