THE LIFE AND SURPRISING EXPLOITS OF J A C K   S H E P P A R D . [ Jack Sheppard beating his Master. ] J ACK SHEPPARD was born in the parish of Stepney, near London, in the year 1702. His father was a Carpenter, and he died when Jack was so young, that Jack could not recollect ever seeing him. Hence the burthen of his maintenance, together with that of his brother and sister, lay upon his mother, who soon procured him admission into the workhouse, in Bishopsgate-street, where he continued for a