He was a receiver of stolen property, specializing in pretty sublime pieces, as I understand it - old masters and so on.

It was estimated that towards the end of the previous century there were 8000 receivers of stolen property in the city.

This had nothing to do with Icke's illicit business as a receiver of stolen property, in fact he knew nothing whatsoever about it.

Isaac "Ikey" Solomon (1785-1850) was an English criminal who became an extremely successful receiver of stolen property.

FENCE Receiver of stolen property who arranges for it to be sold or sells it himself.

His main income was acquired by having invested money accrued some years earlier by less than legal means and becoming, in complete secrecy, one of the major receivers of stolen property anywhere in the United States of America.

As a final touch he placed the 1927 city directory where his Scholar's Mistress's rump would be, and giving it a quick intimate caress, said flippantly, "There, my dear, I've made you a receiver of stolen property; but don't worry, you're going to give it back."