Here he is picked up by Jack Dawkins or the Artful Dodger as he is called. The Artful Dodger is a member of the Jew Fagin's gang of boys. ... The Artful Dodger takes Oliver to Fagin's den in the London slums, and Oliver, who innocently does not understand that he is among criminals, becomes one of Fagin's boys. When Oliver is sent out with The Artful Dodger and another boy on a pickpocket expedition Oliver is so shocked when he realizes what is going on that he and the two other boys are caught. ... The Artful Dodger is transported after a court scene in which he defends hims...

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