cartouche

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According to this film, a fellow named Cartouche, the Robin Hood of 18th century Paris, stole from the rich, gave to the poor, and what did he keep for himself?

From Time Magazine Archive

And all this to acquire a reputation, which Cartouche attained with less injury to mankind, of being fearless of God or man.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson

"What say you to Cartouche?" said S——k; "was he a coward?"

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXII by Wilson, John Mackay

The play, as might be expected, drew crowded houses, and the grateful author sent Cartouche a hundred crowns as his share of the profits.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

One day some bones were thrown by accident within the bounds of Cartouche’s territory, and though if they belonged to anybody, it was clearly Cartouche, Pyramus resolved most unfairly to get hold of them.

From The Animal Story Book by Various