The Sharper, Detected and Exposed (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Sharper, Detected and Exposed (Classic Reprint) written by Jean-Eugène Robert Houdin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Sharper, Detected and Exposed Having often been requested by different magis trates, to investigate cases of sh'arping, I have often been struck, while doing so, with the obstacles and embarrassments which a judge's own honesty must oppose to his elucidation of matters of sharping and cheating at play. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.